The  last  exposition  of  Newark  industries  was  held  in  1875,  and 
for  a  series  of  years  previous,  beginning  with  1872,  an  annual 
exhibition  of  the  various  processes  of  manufactures,  together  with 
samples  of  the  goods  made,  had  been  held  ;  but  in  consequence 
of  the  depressed  times,  with  varying  success.  So  deep  and  lasting, 
however,  was  the  impression  then  made  upon  our  business  men 
and  manufacturers,  that  a  renewed  interest  in  the  great  and  good 
work  accomplished  by  the  Board  of  Managers  has  latterly  devel- 
oped itself  in  an  urgent  request  that  the  first  annual  report,  that 
of  the  Exhibition  of  1872,  which  was  exclusively  of  Newark 
products  and  resulted  in  so  marked  a  success,  should  be  reprinted 
for  general  information  as  showing  what  Newark  alone,  has  ac- 
complished. 

In  a  work  of  this  kind  it  would  be  impossible  to  recount  in 
detail  the  great  advantages  which  Newark  derived  from  these 
exhibitions,  and  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  doubtless  they 
will  be  revived  upon  a  scale  fittingly  commensurate  with  the 
reputation  of  a  city  which  stands  high  among  all  the  cities  of  the 
Union  for  the  value  of  its  manufactured  products,  and  second,  we 
believe,  in  point  of  diversity. 

A  summary  of  the  subsequent  exhibitions  has  been  added,  and 
though  the  institution  weathered  the  rough  blast  of  the  panic 
which  broke  forth  in  1873,  it  was  deemed  advisable,  in  view  of 
the  Centennial  Exhibition  in  Philadelphia  in  1876,  that  no  local 
exposition  should  be  held  that  year,  in  order  that  Newark  manu- 
facturers might  be  free  to  prepare  for  that  national  event. 

This  decision  (undoubtedly  a  wise  one)  was  unfortunate  in 
this,  that  it  diverted  the  attention  of  citizens  to  outside  matters 
when  most  needed  here,  and  made  it  difficult  to  enlist  their  co- 
operation so  readily  as  otherwise  would  have  been  the  case.  Ten 
years  have  almost  passed  since  the  first  Exhibition  of  Newark 
Industries  exclusively,  was  held,  and  it  is  frequently  asked,  Is 
it  not  possible  to  again  astonish  the  world  by  an  exhibition  of 
such  magnitude  and  novelty  as  to  keep  the  City  of  Newark 
prominently  before  it  as  "  the  Birmingham  of  America?" 


M.J. 

Iqdu^trikl  Ejxliibitioq,  /^7^j 


REPORT  AND  CATALOGUE 


FIRST  EXHIBITION 


NEWARK  INDUSTRIES, 


EXCLUSIVELY. 


BKPRINTED  BY  SPECIAL  BEQUEST. 


NEWARK,  N.  J.  : 

HOLBROOKS'  STEAM  PRINTERY, 
11  Mechanic.  Street. 

1882  . 


OFFICERS. 

PRESIDENT,-  -  MARCUS  L,  WARD. 

FIRST  VICE  PRESIDENT,    -       THOMAS  B.PEDDIE. 
SECOND  VICE  PRESIDENT,     -  LEOPOLD  GRAF. 
THIRD  VICE  PRESIDENT,  -•     DAVID  CAMPBELL. 
SECRETARY,  -  ALBERT  M.  IIOLBROOK. 

TREASURER.      -        -        -      ISAAC  GASTON. 


MANAGERS. 
THOMAS  B.  PEDDIE,  JOHN  M.  PHILLIPS, 


EDGAR  FARMER, 
MARCUS  L.  WARD, 
NOAH  F.  BLANCHARD, 
LEOPOLD  GRAF, 
THEODORE  P.  HOWELL, 
JAMES  M.  DURAND, 
DANIEL  T.  CAMPBELL, 
WILLIAM  JOHNSON, 
ORSON  WILSON, 
HORACE  ALLING, 
DAVID  CAMPBELL, 
MARTIN  R.  DENNIS, 
NICHOLAS  J.  DEMAREST, 
WALTER  L.  STARR, 
JOSEPH  J.  MEEKER, 
WALTER  M.  CONGER, 


FREDERICK  REYNOLD, 
PHILETUS  W.  VAIL, 
FERDINAND  B.  KUEHNHOLD, 
OSCAR  BARNETT, 
JOHN  T.  LEVERICH, 
SAMUEL  LAGOWITZ, 
JOHN  C.  JOHNSON, 
JOHN  C.  BEARDSLEY, 
ELI  H.  REYNOLDS, 
CHRISTOPHER  NUGENT, 
DAVID  M.  MEEKER, 
STEPHEN  B.  SANDERS, 
JOHN  D.  HARRISON, 
W.  FOSTER  DODGE, 
ALBERT  M.  HOLBROOK, 
ISAAC  GASTON. 


COMMITTEES. 


Executive. 

DANIEL  T.  CAMPBELL,  CHRISTOPHER  NUGENT, 

JOSEPH  J.  MEEKER,  ELI  H.  EEYNOLDS, 

NOAH  F.  BLANCHAKD,  JOHN  D.  HARRISON, 

N.  J.  DEMAREST,  DAVID  M.  MEEKER, 

JOHN  T.  LEVERICH,  WALTER  M.  CONGER, 

FERDINAND  B.  KDEHNHOLD,  WILLIAM  JOHNSON. 

Finance. 

MARTIN  R.  DENNIS,  HORACE  ALLING, 

EDGAR  FARMER. 

Build-info. 

JOSEPH  J.  MEEKER,  WILLIAM  JOHNSON, 

N.  J.  DEMAREST. 

Exhibition. 

WILLIAM  JOHNSON,  FREDERICK  REYNOLD, 

W.  FOSTER  DODGE,  JOSEPH  J.  MEEKER, 

OSCAR  BARNETT,  SAMUEL  LAGOWITZ, 

WALTER  L.  STARR,  WALTER  M.  CONGER, 

STEPHEN  B.  SANDERS. 

Machinery  and  Motive  Power. 
DANIEL  T.  CAMPBELL,  W.  FOSTER  DODGE, 

JOHN  D.  HARRISON,  ELI  H.  REYNOLDS. 

Public  Speakers. 

JOHN  M.  PHILLIPS,  WILLIAM  JOHNSON, 

DAVID  M.  MEEKER. 

Tickets. 

WALTER  M.  CONGER,  DATID  M.  MEEKER, 

WILLIAM  JOHNSON. 

Printing. 

FREDERICK  REYNOLD,  W.  FOSTER  DODGE, 

A.  M.  HOLBROOK,  WILLIAM  JOHNSON. 

Music. 

LEOPOLD  GRAF,          N.  J.  DEMAREST, 
FERDINAND  B.  KUEHNHOLD. 

Auditing  Committee. 

WILLIAM  JOHNSON,  WALTER  M.  CONGER, 

A.  M.  HOLBROOK. 


The  first  Exhibition  of  Newark  Industries  opened  at  the  Rink, 
on  Washington  street,  August  20th,  1872,  and  closed  on  the  llth 
of  October  following,  having  had  on  exhibition  articles  of  an 
estimated  value  of  about  6900,000  and  been  visited  by  some 
130,000  people,  including  many  of  the  most  illustrious  persons 
of  this  country,  distinguished  persons  from  abroad,  representa- 
tives of  the  leading  journals,  and  of  almost  every  state  and 
clime  of  the  world. 

The  success  which  attended  the  Exhibition  was  beyond  the 
most  sanguine  anticipations,  when  is  taken  into  consideration  the 
fact,  that,  except  in  the  minds  of  a  few  citizens,  the  great  ma- 
jority of  our  people  had  not  given  the  subject  particular  attention, 
and  were  therefore  not  prepared  to  assist  in  or  endorse  the  pro- 
ject ;  and  that  a  large  number  refused  to  lend  their  aid  to  the 
development  of  a  grand  failure,  and  also,  that  many  thought 
Newark  would  be  undertaking  too  great  a  task,  not  considering 
there  was  material  enough  at  hand  to  compete  in  a  favorable  de- 
gree with  the  Expositions  held  elsewhere ;  the  difficulties  sur- 
rounding the  efforts  of  the  gentlemen  who  instituted  and  carried 
forward  the  enterprise,  can  readily  be  divined,  and  the  brilliant 
success  in  which  the  Exhibition  resulted,  was  exceedingly  grati- 
fying. 

Notwithstanding  the  many  doubts  and  fears,  and  the  predictions 
of  a  failure,  the  opening  night  of  the  Exhibition — with  the  build- 
ings barely  completed — and  the  goods  not  fully  arranged — proved 
not  only  an  unprecedented  success  in  point  of  numbers,  but 
showed  conclusively  that  the  inception  of  the  enterprise  was 
based  on  a  correct  appreciation  of  public  taste,  and  the  success 
of  the  Exhibition  was  at  once  assured.  Not  only  has  the  Ex- 
hibition therefore  given  the  people  of  Newark  a  better  knowledge 
of  the  industries  carried  on  within  the  city's  limits,  but  the  nov- 
elty of  the  Exhibition  as  comprising  the  products  of  Newark 
only,  attracted  the  attention  of  people  in  other  states,  and  resi- 
dents abroad,  and  has  given  Newark  the  distinction,  as  a  manu- 
facturing city,  she  has  so  long  merited. 


The  idea  of  holding  an  exhibition  of  local  industries  exclusively, 
though  not  original  with  Newark,  has  never  before  been  suc- 
cessfully inaugurated  in  this  country,  or  in  fact  in  any  other 
country.  To  Newark,  N.  J.,  therefore,  belongs  the  credit  of 
starting  a  new  feature  in  this  line,  and  which  may  eventually 
result  in  directing  more  attention  to  local  industries  throughout 
the  country,  than  has  heretofore  been  the  rule. 

In  presenting  a  report  of  the  transactions  of  the  Exhibition, 
it  is  but  proper,  some  information  relative  to  the  geographical, 
manufacturing  and  commercial  advantages  of  Newark,  should  be 
given,  also  a  sketch  of  the  Exhibition,  together  with  the  motives 
which  prompted  its  inauguration,  and  the  benefits  likely  to  be 
derived  from  its  continuance.  Having  added  hereto  the  ad- 
dresses of  the  esteemed  president,  Ex-Gov.  Ward,  and  other 
honored  gentlemen,  together  with  copious  extracts  from  the 
press,  from  which  much  will  be  learned,  remarks  upon  these 
points  will  be  necessarily  brief. 


Is  situated  upon  the  Passaic  Eiver,  but  nine  miles  from  the 
great  metropolis  of  the  Nation,  with  railroad  facilities  probably 
unsurpassed  by  any  other  city  of  equal  importance,  and  superior 
to  many  larger  in  population.  Newark  enjoys  the  reputation  of 
being  a  great  manufacturing  city.  Its  location  is  admirably 
adapted  for  such  purposes,  and  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when 
all  the  unoccupied  land  in  the  city's  limits  will  be  covered  with 
large  factories  and  houses  for  workingmen.  Five  railroads  con- 
nect the  city  with  New  York,  affording  a  pleasant  and  rapid 
transit  by  which  our  manufacturers,  who  have  warerooms  in  that 
city,  are  enabled  to  reach  their  places  of  business,  with  less 
inconvenience,  and  in  a  much  shorter  time  than  people  living  in 
the  vicinity  of  Central  Park  can  reach  the  centre  of  trade. 
Newark,  therefore,  possesses  a  double  attraction  for  men  of  busi- 
ness :  affording  not  only  an  excellent  location  for  workshops  and 
factories,  but  eligible  sites  for  dwellings  within  easy  reach  of 
both  manufactory  and  New  York  city.  The  facilities  for  trans- 
portation are  equally  good.  By  the  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey 
Central,  Erie,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western,  and  Mid- 
land roads,  freight  can  be  despatched  to  all  sections  of  the 


country.  The  Passaic  River  affords  water  communication  with 
seaport  towns,  and  with  the  completion  of  the  proposed  ship 
canal,  surveys  for  which  have  already  been  made,  these  facili- 
ties will  be  largely  augmented. 

The  rapid  growth  of  the  city  during  the  past  few  years,  has 
extended  jurisdiction  over  new  sections,  and  the  rapid  advances 
making  in  all  directions  toward  Belleville,  Bloomfield,  Orange 
and  Clinton  must  eventually  result  in  their  consolidation  with 
Newark, — their  interests  even  now  being x  identical.  Harrison 
township,  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Passaic,  has  received  a  great 
impetus  from  the  rapid  growth  of  this  city,  and  manufactories, 
stores  and  dwellings  are  erecting  there *in  great  numbers,  while 
the  population  is  being  largely  increased.  On  the  south,  toward 
Elizabeth,  the  advance  has  been  so  great  that  both  cities  virtu- 
ally meet,  and  the  improvements  ordered  by  Council,  when 
completed,  will  render A attractive  numerous  waste  places,  which 
will  soon  become  garden  spots,  and  be  eagerly  sought  after. 
The  meadow  lands,  lying  east  and  southeast  of  the  city,  are 
coming  into  market  as  desirable  property,  owners  beginning  to 
realize  at  last,  that  its  reclamation  is  possible.  On  the  west 
bank  of  the  Hackensack,  about  three  miles  from  Newark,  works 
are  now  in  course  of  erection  by  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  of 
large  proportions,  and  which  promise  in  time  to  develop  a  new 
city  between  Newark  [and  New  York.  On  this  side  of  the 
Passaic,  that  portion  of  the  city  now  occupied  by  the  Passaic 
Chemical  Works,  New  Jersey  '  Zinc  Works,  Newark  Steel' 
Works  and  the  Listers'  Agricultural  Chemical  Works  with  their 
contemplated  improvements,  cannot  be  overestimated. 

The  early  settlers  of  Newark  were  an  industrious,  persevering 
people,  and  from  the  first,  fostered  a  love  for  industrial  pursuits 
which  has  grown  with  each  succeeding'/generation,  uutil^to-day, 
the  city  occupies  a  proud  position  among  the  manufacturing 
cities  of  the  world.  The  great  increase  in  the  manufacturing 
interests  of  Newark  has  been  of  gradual  development,  and 
while  our  citizens  have  for  a  long  time  been  cognizant  of  the 
fact,  that  a  great  variety  of  articles  were  produced  in  the  many 
workshops  which  abound  in  the  city,  they  were  unable  to  form 
any  definite  idea  of  the  extent  of  the  manufacturing  facilities  of 
the  city.  A  complete  record  of  the  number  of  factories,  etc., 
with  the  total  amount  of  capital  invested  in  buildings,  machinery 


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and  tools,  cost  of  raw  materials  which  (Miter  into  consumption, 
the  cost  of  labor,  value  of  manufactured  articles,  and  the  num- 
ber of  hands,  male  aud  female,  dependent  on  the  industries  of 
the  city  for  support,  is  highly  desirable,  and  absolutely  neces- 
sary, to  correctly  determine  the  real  value  of  manufactures  to 
the  prosperity  of  the  city.  This  information  is  given,  in  part,  in 
the  census  returns,  and  though  these  should  be  correct,  it  is 
evident  they  are  not  absolutely  so.  In  the  absence  therefore  of 
any  such  data,  and  believing  that  a  greater  interest  would  attach 
to  the  city  by  its  own  people,  and  that  within  its  limits,  there 
was  confined  a  certain  amount  of  material  out  of  which  history 
could  be  made,  and  Newark,  drawn  out  of  the  darkness,  into 
which  she  had  heretofore  been  thrown,  from  lying  so  near  the 
great  manufacturing  aud  commercial  city  of  the  country,  the 
subject  of  an  Industrial  Exhibition  for  the  display  of  the  pro- 
ducts of  our  manufactories,  where  the  producers,  no  matter  what 
their  occupation  or  condition  in  life,  could  all  meet  upon  the 
same  plane,  and  enter  specimens  of  their  handiwork,  was  con- 
ceived and  from  which  grew 


IST'S. 

The  subject  of  an  Industrial  Exhibition  is  an  old  one.  Years 
ago  it  received  considerable  attention,  and  was  agitated  and  dis- 
cussed in  various  circles,  but  no  one  appeared  to  exactly  under- 
stand how  to  put  the  ball  in  motion.  Those  who  gave  the  sub- 
ject careful  study,  were  perfectly  satisfied  it  would  prove  of 
great  benefit  to  the  city,  but  the  public  were  skeptical,  particu- 
larly that  portion  who  were  principally  to  be  depended  upon  in 
getting  up  the  exhibition  —  the  manufacturers.  There  were  as 
many  opponents,  as  friends,  to  the  measure,  and  although  one 
was  instituted  in  a  small  degree,  it  is  evident,  the  former 
possessed  the  greatest  influence,  as  the  subject  was  finally 
dropped. 

In  the  years  which  followed,  Xewark  grew  into  a  large  manu- 
facturing city.  Xew  industries  sprang  into  existence  ;  the 
population  of  the  city  increased  with  great  rapidity,  and  it 
began  to  attract  attention,  not  as  a  city  which  had  worked  out 


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successfully  the  problem  of  life,  but  as  a  suburb  of  New  York, 
dependent  solely  upon  the  latter  city  for  the  prosperity  it  en- 
joyed. To  correct  this  false  impression,  and  give  to  the  city  its 
true  position  among  her  sister  cities,  the  project  of  a  Newark 
Industrial. Exhibition  was  once  more  advocated.  Last  January 
the  proposition  was  renewed,  and  the  press  warmly  advocated  it, 
but  weeks  rolled  by  without  anything  definite  being  accom- 
plished. A  few  of  our  leading  manufacturers  were  found  who 
favored  the  project,  but  the  great  mass  of  our  citizens  were 
either  too  busy  to  give  it  attention,  and  thought  the  time  had  not 
arrived  for  such  a  vast  undertaking,  or  could  not  see  wherein 
any  great  benefit  could  be  gained.  Men  were  found  who  ridi 
culed  the  idea,  called  it  Quixotic,  and  said  it  had  better  not  be 
attempted  ;  others  held  it  aloof  because  of  the  risk  they  be- 
lieved attended  it,  and  thought  it  too  costly  an  experiment  to 
indulge  in  ;  in  fact,  the  apathy  appeared  to  be  so  general  among 
those  who  were  considered  as  most  likely  to  aid  in  the  enterprise, 
it  was  decided  to  appeal  direct  to  the  public.  Accordingly  a 
special  circular  was  prepared,  by  the  writer,  and  sent  to  numer- 
ous business  men,  as  follows  : 

THE  PROPOSED  EXHIBITION  OF  NEWARK  INDUSTRIES. 

A  meeting  of  manufacturers  and  citizens  in  genera],  will  be  held  in  Upper 
Library  Hall,  on  Wednesday  evening  next,  April  3d,  at  7  1-2  o'clock,  that 
the  subject  may  be  more  fully  brought  before  them,  and  enable  all  to  partici- 
pate in  said  Exhibition. 

The  more  thought  is  given  to  it,  the  greater  its  proportions  assume.  When 
the  exalted  name  of  Newark,  as  a  manufacturing  city,  and  the  great  variety  of 
its  manufactures  are  considered,  and  the  bringing  of  them  together  for  exhibi- 
tion, the  attractive  features  would  open  Newark  and  its  manufactures,  not 
only  to  merchants  and  others  of  New  York,  but  to  thousands  of  strangers 
from  afar  who  would  never  think  of  stopping  here.  The  effect  upon  every 
interest  of  the  city  would  be  great;  the  influx  of  visitors  would  circulate 
money  among  the  people  ;  the  manufacturer  would  feel  its  effect,  and  the  fact 
that  the  industries  of  Newark  were  so  extensive  as  to  afford  an  exhibition  of 
their  own.  might  induce  other  manufacturers  to  locate  among  us.  The  effects 
upon  real  estate,  and  indeed  every  department  of  the  city,  cannot  be  esti- 
mated. 

Ey  Will  you  not  endeavor  to  be  present  and  bring  your  business  friends. 

And  also  the  following  call  for  a  public  meeting  which  was 
inserted  in  the  various  newspapers  : 

NEWARK  INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION. 

The  project  of  a  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition  having  been  announced 
through  the  public  press,  a  nie^tinir  of  mani'facturers  and  citizens  generally 
will  be  held  in  Upper  Library  Hall.  <m  Wednesday  evening  next,  April  3d, 


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at  seven  and  a  half  o'clock,  that  (he  subject  may  be  more  fully  brought  before 
them,  and  all  enabled  to  participate  in  said  Exhibition,  either  b\-  entering 
goods  or  taking  shares  therein. 

HKWKS  A   I'lm.ui-s,  T.  B.  PKDIUK. 

MKKKEK  A   HEDDKX,  Turn.  P.  HOWI.M.. 

WATTS.  CAMPHKLL  &  Co..  KIH;AI:   FAIIMKI:  A:  Co., 

CAMPIJKLI..  LANK  A-   Co.,  ('MAS.  X    LOCKWOOD  &  Co., 

and  other-. 

This  call  drew  forth  a  goodly  number  of  citizens,  and  the 
meeting  organized  with  Mayor  F.  W.  KICOKD,  President,  and  a 
large  number  of  Vice  Presidents,  comprising  some  of  our  must 
prominent  manufacturers. 

The  object  of  the  meeting  was  stated  by  Mayor  IficORD  iu  a 
few  appropriate  remarks,  in  which,  among  other  things,  he  said  : 

It  is  with  no  less  interest  than  pleasure  I  congratulate  you  upon  this  occa- 
sion, assembled  to  consider  the  project  of  a  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition. 
It  is  one  of  great  import  to  our  city  and  well  worthy  the  earnest  attention  of 
every  citizen.  As  1  understand  if.  a  new  departure  is  to  be  made,  and  that 
this  Exhibition  is  to  be  exclusively  of  Newark  products.  Other  expositions 
throughout  the  country  open  their' doors  to  all  who  wish  to  enter  their  wares 
for  exhibition.  Therefore,  the  greater  credit  will  be  achieved  if  Newark 
should  be  successful  in  this  undertaking,  and  I  think  it  will  be. 

A  general  discussion  ensued,  the  result  of  which  was  the  adop- 
tion of  a  resolution  unanimously  indorsing  the  proposition,  and 
the  appointment  of  a  committee  to  solicit  subscriptions  for  shares 
which  had  been  placed  at  twenty-five  dollars  each.  The  cordial 
support  thus  given  the  undertaking  stimulated  all  to  renewed 
action,  and  the  next  meeting  was  ordered  for  the  following 
Wednesday  evening. 

With  unbounded  faith  in  the  success  of  the  exhibition,  the  work 
was  carried  forward,  and  at  the  meeting  of  the  shareholders, 
called  on  Wednesday  evening,  the  17th  of  April,  it  was  decided 
to  organize  by  the  election  of  a  Board  of  Managers,  and  thus 
place  the  movement  before  the  public  in  a  more  business-like 
manner. 

Mayor  ¥.  W.  RicoRD  presided,  and  a  Board  of  Managers 
were  elected. 

The  organization  by  thus  assuming  definite  shape,  public  feel- 
ing began  to  work  up  to  the  idea.  Men  began  to  speak  of  the 
exhibition  as  a  fixed  fact.  This  favorable  change  in  sentiment 
was  encouraging. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  on  the  20th  of  April, 
permanent  officers  were  elected. 

The  organization  being  complete,  the  Hoard  went  immediately 


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to  work,  and  the  subject  was  urged  upon  the  people.  It  would 
be  useless  in  recount  the  experiences  of  each  in  this  work.  After 
weeks  df  effort,  and  the  subject  becoming  better  understood  each 
day.  it  soon  became  apparent  that  the  Rink  building,  which  had 
been  engaged  for  the  exhibition,  would  be  entirely  too  small  for 
the  purpose.  It  was  at  once  proposed  to  erect  additional  build- 
ings on  the  north  and  south  side  of  the  main  building,  but  an 
apparently  insurmountable  obstacle  was  in  the  way — sufficient 
funds  for  the  purpose.  The  large  amount  necessary  to  put  up 
these  new  additions  exceeded  threefold  the  sum  in  the  treasury. 
The  success  of  the  exhibition,  in  a  pecuniary  sense,  was  still  a 
matter  of  mere  conjecture.  The  Board  of  Managers,  however, 
had  great  faith  in  the  people.  They  believed  if  the  right  kind  of 
an  exhibition  was  gotten  up.  the  people  would  patronize  and  sus- 
tain the  enterprise.  Among  those  sharing  largely  in  this  feeling 
was  Mr.  JOSEPH  .1.  MEEKER,  of  the  firm  of  Meeker  &  Hedden. 
who.  when  the  subject  of  erecting  additional  buildings  was  con- 
sidered,  with  commendable  spirit  volunteered  to  put  them  up 
and  accept  the  risk  of  payment  at  the  end  of  the  exhibition.  By 
this  magnanimity  on  their  part  one  great  obstacle  was  removed, 
and  with  remarkable  energy  the  buildings  were  soon  completed. 
It  having  been  decided  to  open  the  Exhibition  on  the  night  of 
the  20th  of  August,  for  weeks  prior  to  that  time  the  duties  of  the 
officers  and  of  the  several  committees  were  greatly  increased.  As 
the  day  of  opening  arrived,  it  was  thought  doubtful  if  the  formal 
opening  could  really  take  place  on  the  evening  announced,  owing 
to  the  tardiness  of  exhibitors.  That  the  public  might  not  be 
disappointed,  it  was  decided  to  adhere  to  the  original  pro- 
gramme as  made  out,  and  accordingly,  on  August  2()th,  1*72, 

THE  FIRST  NEWARK   INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION 

was  inaugurated.  At  the  hour  appointed  for  the  opening  exer- 
cises the  halls  were  crowded  with  visitors,  and  though  the 
exhibitors  had  only  partially  arranged  their  goods,  the  appear- 
ance of  the  different  departments  were  such  as  to  call  forth  ex- 
clamations of  surprise  and  gratification  from  all.  At  8  o'clock, 
tin-  opening  exercises  were  begun  bv  Reinhard's  band,  followed 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  Dr.  BRIXSMADE. 

Hon.  MARITS  L.  WARD,  President   of  the  Association,  then 
delivered  the  following  address  : 


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LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN  :— On  tin-  part  of  the  Managers  (,f  this  Exhibi- 
tion of  inaiiufactiirinir  skill,  the  business  enterprise  and  the  varied  ;n-ts  of  our 
city,  I  congratalate  TOU  OB  th<-  opening  of  tliis  novel  undertaking.  While 
exhibitions  of  this  character  are  not  new.  yet  they  have  never  before,  in  this 
country,  been  confined  to  the  manufactures  c;f  a  single  city,  but  have  in- 
creased their  attractions  by  adding  the  productions  of  other  places.  The 
dty  in  which  we  Hve  is  emphatically  a  manufacturing  one.  Its  growth,  its 
prosperity,  its  wealth  are  inseparably  connected  with  these  mechanic  art;; 
which  are  here  developed  in  a  thousand  forms  of  beauty  anil  taste. 

From  its  settlement  our  people  have  made  this  department  their  Held  of 
enterprise.  And  encouraged  by  the  addition  of  intelligent  and  artistic  labor 
which  lias  come  to  us  from  other  sections,  and  even  from  foreign  lands,  the 
value  and  variety  of  our  productions  have  increased  until  to-day  no  city  in 
the  Union  can.  in  this  respect,  compare  with  us.  I  am  satisfied  that  even 
those  among  us,  who  have  been  most  familiar  with  our  manufactures,  will  be 
astonished  at  the  variety  and  beauty  of  this  exhibition.  It  is  stated  that  there 
are  over  three  hundred  different  branches  of  manufactures  carried  on  in  this 
city.  And  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  in  all  this  varied  list  we  stand  in  the 
front  rank. 

Even  now  we  have  grown  out  of  all  'dependence  upon  a  single  market, 
which  is  the  bane  of  manufacturing  success,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  proper  con- 
gratulation that  the  products  of  our  manufactories  are  scattered  in  every 
quarter  of  our  country,  and  find  in  many  instances  a  profitable  market 
abroad.  Neither  will  it  be  found  that  we  are  wanting  in  that  high  culture 
which  producestworks  of  art  of  the  highest  order  of  merit,  and  we  point  with 
pride  to  these  evidences  as  proof  that  the  streets  which  are  trodden  by  honest 
labor  are  not  unfavorable  to  the  spirit  which  warms,  and  the  pencil  which 
traces  upon  canvas  forms  of  enduring  life  and  beauty.  Nor  are  we  wanting 
in  the  higher  elements  of  inventive  art,  and  we  should  be  unfaithful  to  our 
duty  on  an  occasion  like  this  if  we  failed  to  give  fitting  honor  to  the  name  of 
SETH  BOYDKN  and  others,  who  have  given  to  us  new  industries  by  the 
genius  which  creates  and  the  skill  which  adapts. 

The  general  pursuit  of  the  the  mechanic  arts  has  been  favored  by  the  ori- 
ginal founding,  the  admirable  location,  and  the  special  advantages  of  our  city. 
Its  broad  avenues,  its  small  but  beautiful  parks,  its  valuable  water  communi- 
cations, its  proximity  to  the  great .centre  of  trade  and  commerce,  have  drawn 
to  it  those  elements  of  prosperity  and  wealth  of  which  we  justly  boast.  From 
its  earliest  settlement  its  manufacturers,  merchants  and  artisans  have  been 
men  of  intelligence  and  integrity.  The  institutions  they  formed  partook  of 
their  sterling  character. 

Our  Banks,  our  Insurance  Companies,  all  our  institutions  have  been  suc- 
cessful because  they  were  in  the  hands  of  men  educated  in  the  rules  of  busi- 
ness, honor  and  integrity.  Our  churches,  our  public  schools,  our  asylums. 
are  noble  evidences  that  our  material  wealth  is  lavished  with  liberal  hands  for 
the  cause  of  our  common  humanity.  And  we  may  congratulate  ourselves  as 
well  upon  our  more  recent  acquisitions  of  population,  as  upon  those  who 
founded  our  city  and  their  descendants.  In  every  respict  we  have  been  a 
fa voied  community,  growing  in  material  wealth.'  not  forgetting  the  higher 
aims  and  purer  purposes  which  secure  intellectual  culture  and  moral  excel- 
lence. 

It  has  been  said  that  Newark  is  one  great  workshop,  and  it  is  in  a  measure 
true.  Everywhere  are  costly  structures,  expensive  machiin-ry.  and  all  the 
arts  and  appliances  by  which  capital,  genius  and  skill  convert  the  rough  ma- 
terial into  the  finished  and  elegant  product.  Nothing  has  been  left  undone  to 
make  its  manufacturing  establishments  complete  in  their  requirements,  and  to 
this,  in  a  great  degree,  may  be  attributed  our  success. 

It  is  not  thought  sulficient  to  produce  an  article  that  will  sell,  but  it  must 
be  such  as  will  establish  reputation  and  secure  incivased  business.  And  the 
manufacturer  entering  upon  his  labors  in  this  spirit,  is  efficiently  aided  by 
that  great  body  of  skillful  mechanics  and  artisans  with  which  our  city 
abounds,  who  with  intelligent  and  manly  purpose,  are  aiming  at  something 
beyond  ttinperary  support.  F.ducated  in  the  schools  of  art  they  have  learned 
that  the  combination  of  skillful  and  intelligent  labor  with  capital  forms  that 
natural  union  which  secures  success— looking  forward  to  the  time  when  they 


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will  take  thei:  place  at  the  head  of  establishments  where  their  years  of  labor 
have  been  spent,  and  confident  in  their  skill,  they  have  the' manliness  to 
maintain  their  rights  and  the  justice  to  fulfill  all  their  obligations.  As  our 
threat  prosperity  has  been  reached  through  the  progress  and  success  of  our 
manufacturers,  it  behooves  us  all  to  seek  the  further  and  fuller  development 
of  those  interests. 

It  should  be  our  first  pride  that  this  city  " stand*  at  the  head,  in  proportion 
to  its  population,  of  the  gieat  centres  of  manufacturing  skill  and  energy.  It 
should  be  our  effort  to  draw  hither  from  every  quarter  new  industries,  thus 
increasing  our  growth  and  resources,  and  adding  to  the  advantages  of  the 
city. 

The  young,  struggling  manufacturer,  with  little  capital  except  capacity,  in- 
dustry'and  honesty,  should  be  aided  and  encouraged  in  his  "efforts.  Out  of 
this  cla.-s  have  sprung  the  strong  men  who  stand  to-day  at  the  head'of  our 
great  industries.  And  beyond  this  we  have  the  right  to  demand  that  the 
Government  shall  do  all  which  it  consistently  can  do  to  build  up  and 
strengthen  our  trreat  interests  which  affect  alike  the  welfare  of  capital  and 
laborV 

Belying  first  upon  our  own  efforts,  our  industry  and  skill,  we  claim  that  our 
great  interests  should  be  considered,  favored  and  aided,  whenever  they  come 
in  competition  with  other  and  foreign  productions.  Belying  upon  this,  our 
manufacturers,  mechanics  and  laborers  are  here  to-day  with  the  evidences  of 
their  skill  and  the  results  of  their  labors.  No  exhibition  has  ever  raised 'so 
just  a  pride  in  our  city,  and  we  may  truly  exult  at  the  evidence  it  affords  of 
our  surpassing  triumph  in  the  mechanic  arts. 

I  feel  the  deepest  interest  in  the  success  of  this  exhibition.  It  should  enlist 
the  cordial  sympathies  of  all  classes  of  our  people.  There  is  not  a  public  in- 
stitution nor  private  citizen  in  our  midst  whose  interests  are  not  affected  by 
the  success  of  our  industries.  All  are  bound  together,  in  a  city  like  ours,  by 
those  common  ties  which  in  their  success  or  failure  raise  or  depress  a  commu- 
nity. Here,  then,  we  hope  to  see  gathered  our  own  citizens  to  witness  what 
our  own  manufacturers  have  accomplished  in  these  beautiful  products  of  skill 
and  taste.  And  from  all  quarters  \ve  shall  be  glad  to  welcome  those  who  will 
find  this  a  good  opportunity  to  form  or  renew  their  acquaintance  with  Newark 
manufacturers.  They  can  compare  our  articles  with  others,  and  in  this 
respect  we  challenge  examination  and  scrutiny. 

So  we  commit  this  experiment  to  the  public — may  its  favor  strengthen  the 
hands  of  those  who  originally  designed  it.  and  give  renewed  and  continued 
prosperity  to  our  mechanic  arts. 

After  the  music  of  the  baud,  Gen.  THEODORE  RuNYON  was 
introduced,  and  delivered  the  following  oration  : 

(iKNTLKMKX  AND  L.VDiKs  :— The  industries  of  a  people  are  their  best  and 
most  valuable  possessions.  Whatever  may  lie  the  natural  resources  of  a 
country,  though  its  hills  be  filled  with  shining  ores,  and  its  sands  glitter  with 
precious  stones,  and  its  plains  and  valleys  spontaneously  supply  all  that 
human  wants  require,  yet.  valuable  as  are  these  possessions,  they  are  not  to 
be  compared  in  worth  with  that  intelligent  self-denying  toil  a'nd  industry 
which  of  themselves  create  wealth,  and  which  of  themselves  can  make  a 
people  great.  The  iron  resting  in  its  bed  in  the  mountains  is  valuable  only 
according  to  its  capabilities  in  the  hands  of  wonder-working  mechanical  skill, 
under  whose  transforming  power  the  dull  clod  becomes  the  ponderous  engine 
rushing  with  the  speed  of  the  tempest  over  the  land,  or  breas'.ing  the  billows 
on  the  erands  of  comnier,  e.  or  the  slender  thread  bvjwhose  wondrous  agency 
the  far-off  nations  hold  converse  with  each  other  as  friend  with  friend. 

Especially  is  it  true  that  our  industries  are  our  best  possessions  in  this 
country,  whose  development  is  the  order  of  the  day,  and  will  continue  to  be 
so  for  many  a  year  to  come,  and  where  the  workingman  is  also  the  citizen. 
with  a  voice  in  the  management  of  the  affairs  of  the  government  equal  to  that 
of  the  wealthiest  capitalist  or  the  greatest  landholder;  and  where  the  road, 
not  only  to  opulence,  but  also  to  whatever  influence  and  position  his  merits 
may  entitle  him,  lies  open  before  him:  and  where  the  success  of  the 


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employer  is  not,  as  it  is  in  other  countries,  wrought  out  by  the  distress*  of  his 
operatives.  Here,  the  capitalist  of  to-day  was  the  workman  of  ycsterdav. 
who  worked  out  by  his  own  industry  and  ability  the  fortune  he  enjoys.  Nay. 
in  this  very  city,  a'nd  here  around  me  are  men,  not  a  few.  who  have  attained 
to  affluence  by  the  well-directed  labor  of  others,  whose  cordial  esteem  they 
have  gained  in  the  relation  of  employer  and  workman,  and  whose  success  in 
life  in  any  of  their  undertakings  is  half  secured  by  the  good  will  of  the  hun- 
dreds, and  perhaps  thousands,  who  have  been  in  their  employ  and  remember 
their  fair,  just  and  considerate  dealing  toward  their  workmen,  and  are  triad  of 
an  opportunity  to  show  their  appreciation  of  it. 

Nor  are  the  beneficent  effects  of  a  popular  industry  confined  to  the  de- 
velopment of  physical  resources.  It  cultivates  and  ennobles  the  people 
themselves,  for  industry  is  the  handmaid  of  virtue,  and  a  busy  people  are 
necessarily  a  moral  people.  The  activities  of  business  require  for  their 
healthy  growth  an  atmosphere  of  law  and  order,  and  those  social  conditions 
which  most  promote  our  highest  physical  and  moral  culture  are  indisputably 
the  very  best  and  most  advantageous  for  the  employment  of  those  activities. 
For  example :  The  recognition  and  prompt  enforcement  of  the  rights  of  the 
person  and  of  property  lie  at  the  foundation  of  enlightened  society,  and  these 
are  absolutely  necessary  to  the  welfare  of  industrial  interests.'  Whatever 
condition  of  society,  therefore,  is  best  for  the  people  in  a  philosophical  and 
religious  point  of  view  is  that  which  is  most  conducive  lo  the  advancement 
of  those  interests  ;  and  when  the  time  shall  come  when  peace  and  fraternity 
shall  reign  throughout  the  whole  earth — the  great  consummation  to  which  the 
prayers  and  labors  of  the  Christian  world  are  directed,  and  for  which  man- 
kind at  large  is  earnestly  longing — the  weapons  of  strife  will  have  wholly 
given  place  to  the  implements  of  labor. 

If  such  be  the  effects  and  concomitants,  and  such  the  destiny  of  popular 
industry,  it  follows  that  true  statesmanship  will  protect  and  foster  those  in- 
terests, securing  to  the  people,  through  the  care  of  the  Government,  tin- 
means  of  honorable  support  by  the  exercise  of  their  own  energies,  and  to  the 
country  the  means  of  national  wealth,  strength  and  permanence.  Whatever 
theories  political  economists  may  advance  and  advocate  on  the  subject,  the 
people  never  fail  to  regard  it  as  one  of  the  chief  duties  and  purposes  of  govern- 
ment to  secure  to  them  all  reasonable  protection  in  their  trade  and  business 
interests.  And  as  the  design  and  result  of  such  attention  on  the  part  of  gov- 
ernment is  to  secure  to  the  artisan  higher  compensation  for  his  labor  and 
skill,  it  follows  that  it  necessarily  attaches  the  people  to  their  governm  -nt. 
and  binds  their  affections  to  their  institutions-. 

For.  comparison  of  their  happier  lot  with  that  of  those  similarly  situated  in 
other  lands,  the  contrast  of  their  bright  future  with  tin-  dark  and  dismal 
hopelessness  of  the  operative  in  other  countries,  to  whom  the  future  holds 
out  no  promise  of  a  competence,  nor  even  of  relief  from  ill-paid  toil,  not  only 
makes  our  workman  satisfied  with  the  government  under  which  he  lives, 
hut  binds  him  to  it  by  the  strong  cord  of  self-interest.  Not  so.  however, 
with  the  ill-paid  workman.  He  is.  to  say  the  least  of  it.  an  uneasy  citi/en. 
He  is  a  discontented  citizen.  He  may  be  a  troublesome  citi/.en.  He  cannot 
long  retain  respect  for  institutions  under  which,  with  his  best  effort.-,  his  wife 

and  children  staive  before  his  eves.  He  cannot  long  endure  a  gover ent 

which  condemns  him  and  his  to  a  hopeless  servitude. 

The  fact  that  the  workman  of  to-day,  so  to  speak,  may  be  the  capitalist 
and  employer  ..f  to-morrow — that  he  who  receives  wages  to-day  may  be  the 
dispenser  of  wages  to-morrow — that  the  workman  of  our  country  is  no  labor- 
er in  the  sense  in  which  the  term  is  used  elsewhere  as  indicating  a  permanent 
condition  in  life,  but  is  a  citizen  politically  in  all  things  equal  to  any.  asking 
nothing  of  charity  or  pity,  but  only  that  'which  i*  his  right,  and  which  it  is 
to  the  public  advantage  to  concede,  invests  our  industrial  interests  with  an 
importance  and  dignity  which  thos;-  of  no  other  country  can  claim. 

The  deep  interest  which  the  enthusiastic  Newarker  takes  in  his  city  and  all 
that  concerns  it.  is  often  a  subject  of  pleasant  remark.  As  the  Apostle  Paul. 
when  speaking  of  his  native  city,  could  not  retrain  from  asserting  its  claims 
to  consideration  as  being  "  no  mean  city."  so  the  average  Xewarker  feels  con- 
strained to  make  honorable  mention  of  his  citv  whenever  opportunity  fairlv 
presents  itself.  He  pel  mils  no  man  to  disparage  it.  He  defends  it  from  at- 


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tack  with  indomitable  pertinacity.  He  eulogizes  it  in  glowing  description  of 
the  magnificent^  dimensions  of  its  principal  highway,  and  of  its  beautiful 
parks,  with  their  overarching  elms,  descants  eloquently  upon  its  growth  in 
population,  by  no  means  forgetting  to  mention  the  fact  that  since  1820  it  has 
aliiiost  doubled  its  population  during  every  decade.  He  presents  its  unparal- 
leled advantages  of  intercourse  with  the  great  metropolis,  its  four  railroads  in 
being,  with  their  one  hundred  and  seventy  trains  a  day  between  that  city  and 
this,  and  those  other  railroads  which  are  in  course  of  construction,  and  are 
sure  soon  to  be ;  the  wisdom,  prudence  and  honesty  which  characterize  the 
management  of  our  municipal  affairs  in  every  department ;  the  lightness  of 
our  burden  of  taxation  compared  with  that  of  other  cities  of  equal  or  even  of 
far  less  population,  and  the  love  of  law  and  morality  for  which  we  have  al- 
ways been  distinguished,  and  which  has  come  down  to  us  as  a  legacy  from 
Puritan  ancestors. 

If  compelled  to  admit  its  inferiority  to  any  other  given  place,  notwithstand- 
ing all  these  manifest  and  undeniable  advantages,  he  falls  back,  as  well  he 
may,  upon  its  manufacturers,  and  overwhelms  his  antagonist  with  a 
shower  of  statistics,  demonstrating  that  for  number  and  variety,  quantity 
and  quality  of  manufactures,  Newark  bears  honorable  comparison  with  the 
very  greatest  cities  of  the  country,  and  by  far  outstrips  any  of  its  size  in 
the  land. 

This  honest  pride  in  the  productions  of  their  skill  has  always  been  the 
boast  of  our  citizens,  and  there  has  never  been  a  day  in  all  its  history  when 
Newark  was  not  distinguished  throughout  the  whole  country  for  excellence 
in  one  or  more  manufactures 

At  one  time  it  was  distinguished  for  the  manufacture  of  shoes,  at  another 
for  hats,  at  another  for  carriages,  at  another  for  leather  and  iron,  and  at 
length  it  came  to  be  celebrated,  as  it  is  to-day,  for  the  amount  and  variety  of 
its  fabrics. 

In  all  her  history  Newark  has  sought  and  been  emulous  of  eminence  in  this 
direction,  and  she  has  been  more  proud  of  her  mechanics  than  of  any  of  her 
natural  or  acquired  advantages,  as  is  witnessed  by  the  honor  in  which  she 
holds  the  names  and  memory  of  those  who  laid  the  foundation  of  her  manu- 
facturing interests.  She  has  had  many  citizens,  statesmen,  orators  and  di- 
vines of  whom  she  is  proud,  and  whose  fame  is  dear  to  her;  but  of  all  her 
distinguished  sons  is  there  any  who  stands  higher  in  her  estimation,  or  any 
whose  memory  she  more  delights  to  honor  than  SETH  BOYDEN,  the  ma- 
chinist f 

She  has  identified  herself  with  the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  country  so 
thoroughly  that  to-day  she  stands  a  true  representative  of  those  interests. 
Her  very  seal,  the  emblem  of  her  municipality,  chosen  and  devised  thirty-six 
years  ago,  when  her  population  was  less  than  20,000,  bears  as  its  crest  the 
sinewy  arm  of  the  artisan  wielding  the  implement  of  useful  labor;  the  true 
and  tit  emblem  of  a  city,  then,  as  now,  the  busy  workshop  of  the  useful  arts, 
and  then,  as  now,  pursuing  prosperity  by  no  devious  ways,  but  along  the 
rugged  road  of  honest  toil,  daily  adding  to  the  wealth  of  the  country  at  large 
by  the  products  of  her  skillful  industry.  Depending  for  the  increase  of  her 
population  and  her  advancement,  not  on  accessions  from  those  who,  identified 
with  our  great  neighboring  city,  seek  a  suburban  home,  but  on  the  hundreds 
and  thousands  who  are  attracted  hither  from  the  country  and  from  foreign 
lands  by  the  opportunities  for  remunerative  employment  in  the  mechanic  arts 
which  are  here  afforded,  Newark  properly  regards  her  manufacturing  interests 
as  the  source  of  her  greatest  prosperity. 

A  brief  history  of  some  of  our  principal  manufactures  may  not  be  out  of 
place.  The  first  manufacturing  business  carried  on  here  was  that  of  tanning 
and  currying  and  shoemaking,  which  was  commenced  in  the  early  settlement 
of  the  place,  and  carried  on  by  SAMUEL  PLUM,  and  after  him  by 'others,  who 
obtained  the  right  to  use  the  water  of  the  stream  in  the  "swamp  "for  the 
purposes  of  the  business.  After  them  ISRAEL  and  SAMUEL  CURRY  and 
ABIAL  CAMPFIELD  and  his  son  DAVID  continued  the  business.  They  were 
succeeded  by  MOSES  N.  COMBS,  still  remembered  by  some  of  our  oldest  citi- 
zens as  a  "  'little  black  eyed  man,"  who  was  one  of  the  best  and  most  useful 
citizens  Newark  ever  had.  He  introduced  night-schools,  to  the  great  advan- 
tage of  the  apprentice  boys.  He  preached  sometimes,  although  lie  belonged 


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to  no  sect.  He  was  a  stern  utilitarian,  and  was  so  thoroughly  practical  that 
he  refused  to  have  buttons  on  the  back  of  his  coat  because  they  were  of 
ne  use.  Under  his  management  and  in  his  time  the  shoe  business  so  increased 
that  the  town  became  famous  for  the  amount  and  quality  of  this  manufacture. 
Indeed,  it  is  said  that  at  that  period  almost  everybody  in  the  town  who  did 
any  work  was  engaged  in  shoemaking  in  some  way  or  other.  After  him 
came  the  firm  of  HALSEY  &  UTTER  with  their  large  business,  and  this  brings 
us  down  to  a  comparatively  recent  date. 

Here  it  is  worthy  to  remark  that  in  the  earlier  days  "  the  Old  Bank,"  as 
we  call  it,  was  established  in  aid  of  our  manufactures.  Its  capital  was  hardly 
adequate  to  the  demands  of  the  business  of  the  town,  but  did  well  and  judi- 
ciously all  it  could  for  the  public  interest.  It  is  said  that  when  it  could  not 
consistently  with  the  demand  for  discounts  made  upon  it,  discount  the  whole 
of  a  note,  it  would  discount  half  of  it  on  one  discount  day  and  the  balance  the 
next ;  sometimes  thus  dividing  a  note  of  as  small  an  amount  as  two  hundred 
dollars.  The  rest  of  the  capital  necessary  for  the  business  of  the  town  was 
furnished  by  the  Bergen  county  farmers  on  loans  on  bond  and  mortgage,  and 
when  the  rate  of  interest  was  at  one  time  lowered  from  seven  to  six  percent  , 
these  lenders  called  in  their  loans,  to  the  great  consternation  of  the  manufac- 
turers, who  saw  ruin  staring  them  in  the  face.  The  Old  Bank  and  the  State 
Bank,  it  is  said,  stepped  -in,  however,  and  relieved  the  people  from  their  em- 


icnt. 

The  carriage  making  business  was  in  the  beginning  confined  to  the  manu- 
facture by  EGBERT  B.  CAMPFIELD  of  stages  for  Gen.  Cummings,  then  a  great 
mail  contractor.  But  Gen.  Gumming,  who  was  a  Democrat,  very  reprehen- 
sibly,  as  I  think,  carried  his  politics  into  his  business,  and  refused  to  patronize 
Mr.  Campfield,  because  he  was  a  Federalist.  This  drove  the  latter  to  New 
York  for  a  market.  He  found  it  there,  and  so  laid  the  foundation  of  that 
great  business  among  us.  Afterward  he  associated  his  son-in-law,  Mr.  JOHN 
C.  HEDKNBERG,  in  business  with  him.  Their  work  attained  to  such  celebrity 
that  state  carriages,  costing  $3,000  a  piece  (a  large  sum  in  those  days)  for 
Santa  Anna,  of  Mexico,  and  Gen.  Tacon,  then  Captain-General  of  Cuba,  which 
had  been  ordered  in  New  York,  were  made  by  them  under  the  superinten- 
dence  of  JOHN  CLARK,  one  of  a  firm  of  carriage  manufacturers  which,  about 
1817,  had  established  itself  in  business  near  the  bridge. 

In  lace  weaving,  ANDREW  KAY  was  the  pioneer  among  us,  and  JOSEPH 
STEWART  began  the  business  of  silver-plating  in  Newark. 

The  manufacture  of  jewelry  was  commenced  here  by  EPAPHRAS  HINSDALE, 
whose  work  became  very  celebrated.  About  the  year  1813  lie  associated  with 
him  JOHN  TAYLOR,  and  they  conducted  the  business  under  the  firm  of  Hins- 
dale  &  Taylor.  DOWNING  &  PHELPS  were  their  cotemporaries  in  the 
business,  as  were  CARRINGTON  and  BALDWIN.  Subsequently  Taylor  and 
Baldwin  established  the  great  business  which  by  many  is  regarded  as  the 
foundation  of  the  jewelry  trade  in  this  city. 

To  KANKIN  &  DURYEK  belongs  the  credit  of  originating  in  Newark  the 
business  of  manufacturing  hats  for  outside  markets. 

In  the  clothing  business  CHICHESTER  &  Co.  and  C.  AixiNG  &  Co.  are 
entitled  to  a  like  place. 

The  manufacture  of  varnish  for  general  sale  was  commenced  by  SAMUEL  P. 
SMITH. 

The  malleable  iron  business  owes  its  origin  to  SETH  BOYDEN,  and  the  trunk 
business  was  commenced  in  Newark  about  1805  by  JOHN  HEDDEN,  PRUDEN 
ALLING  being  interested  with  him  in  it.  He  was  succeeded  bv  RALPH 
MORGAN  about  1825.  Subsequently  PETER  JACOBUS  and  RICHARD  M. 
CRANE  engaged  somewhat  extensively  in  the  manufacture,  but  it  wan  re- 
served for  the  enterprise  of  the  men  now  among  us  to  bring  the  business  to 
the  present  great  proportions. 

Of  the  variety  and  extent  of  our  manufactures  but  few  persons  up  to  this 
time  have  had  any  adequate  conception,  and  even  many  of  our  own  citizens 
will  be  surprised  at  the  display  here  made  of  specimens  of  important  manu- 
factures hitherto  unknown  to  them  as  products  of  Newark  industry. 

The  occasion  which  assembles  us  together  is  not  only  a  novelty  in  the  his- 
tory of  our  city,  but  is,  it  is  believed,  without  parallel  in  the  history  of  the 
country  or  the  world.  Industrial  expositions  are  no  new  thing,  indeed.  In 


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one  shape  or  another  they  are  of  annual  occurrence.  But  an  industrial  exhi- 
bition hy  which  a  city  of  the  size  of  ours  undertakes  to  interest  not  only  its 
neighbors,  but  its  own  citizens  also,  by  a  specimen  of  the  productions  of  its 
own  industry  alone  is  indeed  a  novelty.  Ordinarily  for  such  expositions  the 
whole  country  is  laid  under  contribution,  and  samples  of  manufactures  are 
solicited  from  every  quarter ;  none  are  turned  away,,  but  all  are  welcome. 
Here,  however,  the  field  is  especially  limited  to  our  own  city,  and  admission 
denied  to  all  save  the  work  of  our  own  hands.  The  wonder  is  that  this  initial 
enterprise,  the  very  first  of  its  peculiar  kind,  should  have  been  so  great  a 
success  ;  that  this  immense  building,  which  it  was  at  first  supposed  would  be 
quite  ample  for  the  purpose,  should  so  soon  have  proved  inadequate. 

It  would  not  have  been  surprising  if  it  had  taken  years  to  educate  our  people 
up  to  the  appreciation  of  the  merits  and  advantages  of  such  an  enterprise  as 
this  ;  nor  would  it  have  been  surprising  if,  instead  of  this  great  display,  evinc- 
ing the  interest  of  our  manufacturers  in  the  undertaking,  and  showing  to  the 
country  not  only  what  Newark  can  do,  but  what  Newark  is  doing  daily  in  the 
useful  arts,  this  year's  exposition  had  been  but  a  meagre  exhibit  of  our  manu- 
factures. The  plan  was  a  bold  one,  but  it  was  based  on  a  knowledge  of  the 
field  and  the  fullest  confidence  in  the  intelligence  and  enterprise  of  our  manu- 
facturers. 

The  object  of  such  exhibitions  is,  ordinarily,  mainly  to  call  the  attention  of 
the  community  at  large  to  the  success  which  has  been  achieved  in  industrial 
pursuits,  to  the  end  that  due  importance  may  be  conceded  to  them  in  legisla- 
lation  as  well  as  in  commerce.  These  expositions  are  not  mere  displays  with 
no  other  object  than  to  please  idle  and  curious  eyes.  If  they  were  they  would 
deserve  but  little  attention,  and  would  receive  but  little  public  favor.  They 
are  for  more  than  this.  They  have  a  commercial  aspect,  and  serve  a  valuable 
and  important  commercial  purpose.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  no  dealer  will  go 
abroad  for  an  article  which  he  can  get  at  as  low  a  price  and  of  as  good  a 
quality  at  home.  But  to  secure  discrimination  in  favor  of  the  productions  of 
domestic  labor,  the  dealer  must  be  made  acquainted  with  their  merits  and 
must  know  where  to  find  them.  It  is  the  business  of  the  producer  to  give 
him  this  information.  Not  one  who  visits  this  exhibition  but  will  go  away 
from  it  with  more  elevated  views  of  the  importance  of  our  city  and  its  peculiar 
interests.  Many  will  here  receive  their  first  impressions  of  the  peculiar  skill 
of  our  manufacturers,  and  many,  drawn  here  by  self  interest,  will  be  induced 
by  what  is  here  exhibited  to  discriminate  in  favor  of  our  manufactures.  By 
this  exhibition  we  vindicate  our  claim  to  excellence.  It  is  the  offspring  of 
Newark  pride  in  the  achievements  of  Newark  manufacturers.  It  is  the  result 
of  a  determination  to  let  the  country  at  large  know  how  great  are  our  facili- 
ties, what  a  workshop  we  are,  and  what  a  people  of  skilled  artisans  our 
population  is.  It  has  been  conceived  and  undertaken  in  no  other  spirit  and 
with  no  other  object.  Many  of  our  foremost  citizens  have  given  to  it  their 
time  and  labor,  and  its  success  has  been  assured  from  the  beginning.  Our 
artists  have  adorned  our  walls  with  the  work  of  their  pencils,  and  have  given 
to  our  exhibition  the  aid  of  their  skill  and  reputation.  Our  citizens  at  large 
will  by  their  patronage  signalize  their  interest  in  the  city  and  the  sources  of 
its  prosperity. 

As  it  has  been  before  suggested  the  design  of  this  exhibition  is  not  compe- 
tition, but  to  apprise  the  people  of  the  whole  country  of  the  extent  and  variety 
of  our  manufactures.  They  know,  indeed,  in  a  general  way,  that  here  on  the 
Passaic  river,  within  a  few  miles  of  the  city  of  New  York,  is  a  city  devoted  to 
a  very  considerable  extent  at  least  to  industrial  pursuits  ;  and  they  know  that 
some  of  its  manufacturers  have  gained  celebrity.  They  may  have  heard  that 
although  it  is  fourteenth  in  size  among  the  cities  of  the  United  States  it  i  anks 
third  in  manufactures.  But  they  do  not  know — and  we  ourselves  have  not 
known — how  various  and  extensive  are  the  objects  of  our  skill,  and,  except 
in  particular  instances  where  particular  fabrics  or  products  have  become  cele- 
brated, neither  they  nor  we  know  to  what  perfection  we  have  attained. 

You  who  have  lived  in  Newark  all  your  lives  will  be  surprised  to  learn  that 
there  are  more  than  200  different  branches  of  manufactures  carried  on  here; 
that  the  establishments  in  which  they  are  conducted  number  about  1,000 :  that 
they  employ  over  30,000  hands  (over  one-quarter  of  the  population  of  125,000 
men,  women  and  children),  to  whom  are  paid  annually  wages  to  the  amount 


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of  about  $15,000,000  (an  average  of  $£00  to  each  person),  and  that  capital  to 
the  amount  of  $30,000,000  is  employed  in  these  manufactures  whose  product 
amount  to  $70.000,000  a  year.  Of  this  $46,000,000  may  lie  classified  as  fol- 
lows, in  general  terms,  but  with  sufficient  accuracy  as  to  amounts :  Over 
$1,250,000  are  in  drugs  and  chemicals,  over  $2,000,000  in  boots  and  shoes. 
nearly  $4,0110,000  in  beer  and  ale.  nearly  $1.000,000  in  cement,  lime  and 
plaster,  nearly  $1.250,000  in  enameled  cloth,  over  $3,000,000  in  clothing, 
over  $1,250,000  in  cotton  and  silk  threads,  $2,500,000  in  hardware,  $2,500,000 
in  hats,  over  $1,000.000  in  carriages,  nearly  $2,0(10.000  in  iion  manufactures, 
$5,000,000  in  jewelry,  over  $6,000,000  in  "leather,  nearly  $2,000,000  in  lum- 
ber, over  $1,250,000  in  machinery,  $2,500,000  in  smelting  and  refining,  nearly 
$1,000,000  in  saddlery  and  harness,  $750.000  in  sashes,  blinds  and  doore, 
about  $1,500,000  in  tobacco  and  cigars,  $1,000,000  in  varnish,  over  s:,(iii.<ino 
in  oxyde  of  zinc,  and  $3,000,000  in  trunks,  traveling  bags  and  valises.  Tin- 
rest  is  in  a  large  number  of  useful  manufactures,  which  I  will  not  tire  your 
patience  by  referring  to  now. 

Through  every  year  of  its  existence  Newark  has  added  to  its  importance 
and  reputation  as  a  manufacturing  city,  until  it  has  attained  to  its  present 
rank.  It  will  continue  to  prosper.  The  bent  given  to  it  by  the  industrious 
and  God-fearing  people  who  laid  its  foundations  it  is  destined  to  maintaii:. 
The  enterprise  which  we  inaugurate  to-day  marks  an  era  in  its  progress,  and 
is  iu  itself  an  achievement.  It  points  us  to  the  source  of  our  strength,  our 
self-reliance  and  appreciation  of  the  value  and  dignity  of  labor. 


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UPON  THE  OPENING  OF  THE  EXHIBITION. 


From  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser. 

There  was  but  one  opinion  expressed  at  the  Rink  last  evening  in  reference 
to  the  Exposition,  and  that  was  that  it  would  be  a  grand  success.  Before 
eight  o'clock  an  immense  throng  was  seen  passing  down  Broad  street,  eagerly 
pressing  their  way  to  the  centre  of  attraction,  while  crowds  continually 
emerged  from  the  cross  streets  into  the  main  avenue.  The  calcium  light  of 
Mr.  J.  H.  G.  Hawes  did  effective  service  at  the  corner  of  Broad  and  Marshall 
streets  in  directing  visitors  to  the  place  of  exhibition.  A  large  number  of 
entiies  had  been  made  late  in  the  afternoon,  and  though  not  one  half  of  those 
who  had  engaged  space  hud  yet  put  in  their  goods,  the  display  was  so  large 
and  fine  that  it  excited  universal  admiration.  The  venerable  Capt.  DANIEL 
B.  BRUKX.  who  occupied  a  seat  upon  the  speakers'  stand,  said  that  with 
his  long  and  intimate  knowledge  of  Newark  industries  he  was  surprised  at 
what  he  s;;\v. 

Somehow  the  manufactured  articles  had  a  different  appearance  from  that 
which  they  wore  in  the  factory  when  seen  amid  the  dust  and  debris  necessary 
to  their  creation.  The  eyes  of  the  men  who  made  them  too  beheld  with  a 
keener  appreciation  the  beautiful  things  that  their  hands  had  wrought,  as  Ihey 
walked  up  and  down  the  avenues  attended  by  their  wives  and  sweethearts. 
It  was  a  proud  night  for  our  mechanics,  as  they  pointed  out  the  lines  they  had 
traced,  the  shapes  they  had  moulded,  the  delicate  pieces  they  had  adjusted, 
and  the  surfaces  they  "had  polished  during  the  heat  and  burthen  of  the  day  ; 
now  before  them,  in  the  words  of  ex-Governor  Ward,  "  in  a  thousand  beauti- 
ful forms.'7  Hundreds  of  gas  jets,  shaded  by  opal  globes,  shed  a  beautiful  light 
through  the  building. 

The  audience  was  one  of  the  best  looking  that  ever  assembled  in  Newark. 
Those  who  came  were  representatives  of  the  pluck,  vim,  worth,  intelligence 
and  beauty  of  Newark  —  the  capitalist  and  his  family  side  by  side  with  his 
workmen  and  theirs.  They  came  for  a  common  purpose  —  to  see  what  they 
had  made  ;  to  hear  about  themselves  and  what  most  nearly  concerned  them. 
It  was  the  story  of  their  lives,  told  not  only  in  words  but  in  a  sort  of  picture 
writing,  in  which  the  characters  had  substance  as  well  as  shapes  of  glowing 
beauty.  They  fully  appreciated  the  grand  occasion  by  eagerly  hurrying  to 
and  fro  to  examine*  everything  that  was  to  be  seen.  For  at  least  an  ho'ur  after 
the  doors  were  opened  there  was  an  incessant  trampling  of  feet. 

French,  German.  English  and  American  flags  waved  over  the  magnificent 
fountain  of  marble  and  silver,  that  towered  a  beautiful  centre  piece  in  the 
midst  of  the  building.  Reinhard's  band  never  played  better.  They  seemed 
determined  to  show  what  a  Newark  band  could  'do,  and  played  ''Yankee 
Doodle  "  and  the  Star  Spangled  Banner  as  these  old  National  airs  are  sel- 
dom played.  Long  after  the  exercises  of  the  evening  had  closed  the  crowd 
lingered  to  examine  the  curious  things  yet  undiscovered.  The  Art  Gallery 
was  the  centre  of  attraction  of  which  we  shall  speak  more  fully  in  our  local 
columns. 

From  the  Newark  Evening  Courier. 

If  any  doubts  have  heretofore  existed  in  the  minds  of  the  managers  of  the 
Industrial  Exhibition,  as  to  whether  their  efforts  would  be  appreciated  by  our 
citizens,  the  vast  audience  which  assembled  at  the  Rink  last  evening  must  cer- 
tainly have  dispelled  them.  Between  two  and  thr<?e  thousand  people  were 


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present  who  manifested  a  lively  interest  in  the  exhibition,  and  among  whom 
none  could  be  found  who  did  not  have  unbounded  faith  in  its  ultimate  success 
both  financially  and  otherwise. 

The  inaugural  ceremonies  were  of  particular  ir.terest,  the  speeches  of  Gov. 
WARD  and  Gen.  BUXYON  being  listened  to  attentively  by  large  numbers,  who 
manifested  their  appreciation  by  rounds  of  applause.  "  Gen.  Eunyon's  address 
was  of  peculiar  interest,  dealing,  as  it  did,  directly  of  Newark's  industry,  and 
in  the  detailed  statements  of  the  growth  of  our  manufactures,  furnishing  valu- 
able information.  The  remarkable  growth  of  Newark,  the  early  efforts  of 
individuals  in  starting  business,  the  amount  of  money  invested  in  different 
branches  of  industry,  and  other  points  were  dwelt  upon,  showing  that  the 
speaker  had  made  himself  perfectly  familiar  with  his  subject  and  was  inter- 
ested deeply  in  the  work. 

Among  the  exhibitors  but  one  feeling  seemed  to  prevail,  which  was  that  the 
exhibition  was  a  move  in  the  right  direction,  and  could  not  fail  to  prove 
highly  beneficial  to  the  city. 

Among  all  classes  of  our  citizens  a  lively  interest  has  been  manifested  in  the 
exhibition  from  the  first,  but  it  has  been  highly  desirable  that  the  outside 
world  should  also  know  something  of  what  is  contemplated.  In  order  to  reach 
those  places  from  whence  it  was  believed  visitors  would  come,  ten  thousand 
printed  circulais  have  been  mailed  to  well-known  parties  in  all  of  the  principal 
cities,  and  exhibitors  and  others  interested  in  the  success  of  the  exhibition 
have  sent  them  to  all  their  customers  with  special  invitations  to  visit  Newark. 
All  the  New  York  newspapers  this  morning  favorably  notice  the  opening  ex- 
ercises. That  everything  in  connection  with  so  vast  an  undertaking  should 
go  on  with  such  perfect  smoothness  is  wonderful.  The  managers  have  suc- 
ceeded remarkably  well  in  their  efforts  to  produce  a  magnificent  display. 
This  being  the  first  attempt  at  anything  of  the  kind  the  success  so  far  attend- 
ing it  is  full  of  encouragement,  and  the  experience  now  gained  will  prove 
invaluable  in  the  future. 


From  the  Newark  Daily  Journal. 

The  Industrial  Exhibition  was  inaugurated  last  night  under  circumstances 
most  favorable  and  promising.  The  liberal  and  progressive  gentlemen  who 
have  so  nobly  worked  to  establish  an  institution  in  our  midst,  by  means  of 
which  the  mechanical  skill  of  the  city  can  be  brought  directly  under  the  notice 
of  the  general  public,  were  not  mistaken  in  their  estimate  of  the  interest  our 
citizens  take  in  the  mechanical  productions  of  the  city.  This  fact  was 
thoroughly  proved  last  night  by  the  crowd  which  assembled  in  the  exhibition 
buildings  and  examined  the  various  articles  on  exhibition  with  interest  and 
evident  delight. 

At  7  o'clock  the  gas  was  lighted,  and  soon  after  the  doors  of  the  Sink  were 
thrown  open.  Immediately  a  vast  throng  of  people  commenced  pouring  in, 
and  the  prospect  thus  early  presented  was  that  the  undertaking  would  be  a 
success. 

The  room  was  brilliantly  lighted  by  six  large  reflectors  and  numberless 
small  gas  jets,  and  the  decoration's  were  simple  and  pleasing.  Stretched 
across  the  room  in  several  places  were  long  strings  of  many  colored  streamers 
and  bright  national  bunting,  and  the  flags  of  all  nations  were  appropriately 
interwoven  together  on  the  railing  in  front  of  the  Art  Gallery  and  directly 
over  the  speakers'  stand.  Many  of  the  visitors  ascended  to  the  galleries 
which  surround  the  room,  and  on  which  chairs  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
public  are  placed,  and  from  thence  obtained  a  splendid  view  of  the  busy  and 
everchangiug  scene  on  the  floor  of  the  Eink.  The  opportunity  of  observing 
the  audience  and  the  general  effect  of  the  artistic  arrangement  °of  the  goods  on 
exhibition  was  excellent.  On  numerous  tables  and  stands  were  arranged 
large  cases  of  rich  and  costly  articles,  and  the  glitter  of  gold  and  silver  orna- 
ments was  visible  on  all  sides. 

The  wealthiest  and  lowliest  mingled  together  with  good  old  democratic 
freedom,  and  the  silk  robed  wives  and  daughters  of  the  prosperous  manu- 
facturer examined  with  as  much  interest  the  elegant  wares  from  his  establish- 
ment as  did  the  plain  but  neatly  dressed  wives  and  daughters  of  the  hard 


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working  mechanic,  to  whose  genius  and  skill  the  magnificent  goods  doubtless 
owed  their  elegant  finish.  Before  some  of  the  cases  of  mechanical  articles 
young  mechanics  were  observed  standing  in  company  with  their  sister,  or. 
perhaps,  sweetheart,  and  pointing  out  and  explaining  to  the  ladies,  with  evi- 
dent pride,  their  own  beautiful  productions. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  exhibition  is  far  from  being  complete,  and  con- 
sidering the  beauty  and  fullness  of  what  we  saw  last  night,  we  can  safely 
claim  that  this  pioneer  effort  of  a  city  to  get  up  a  grand  show  of  its  own  will 
prove  a  really  great  success  and  redound  to  the  credit  and  profit  of  our 
beloved  city.  Let  Newark  flourish,  and  let  her  reputation  be  such  in  skilled 
labor  that  when  an  article  goes  outside  our  borders  let  the  stamp  "  Newark 
make  "  be  a  brevet  of  its  high  quality  and  beauty  ! 

From  the  Newark  Morning  Register. 

The  opening  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  last  evening  was  attended  by  a 
very  large  number  of  Newark's  leading  citizens.  We  defVr  until  some  other 
day  a  description  of  what  people  can  see,  and  shall  confine  ourselves  in  this 
article  to  the  opening  exercises.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  display  is  magnifi- 
cent, and  will  doubtless  attract  considerable  attention  from  abroad.  About 
2,0(N)  persons  were  in  attendance.  On  the  platform  erected  for  speakers 
were  Hon.  Marcus  L.  Ward,  His  Honor  Mayor  Ricord,  Gen.  Theodore 
Runyon,  a  number  of  Aldermen,  city  officials,  and  the  members  of  the  Board 
of  Managers.  Reinhard's  orchestra  was  stationed  in  the  front  gallery,  and 
commenced  the  exercises  with  the  Grand  March  from  Bellisario.  After  a 
short  pause  the  band  executed  a  Festival  Overture.  Rev.  Dr.  Brinsmade 
then  delivered  a  very  appropriate  prayer,  after  which  the  band  executed  a 
grand  Potpourri,  which  included  all  the  national  airs. 

From  the  New  Jersey  Freie  Zeitung. 

Any  one  who  visited  the  Rink  on  Monday,  or  yesterday  forenoon,  or  last 
night"  was  astonished  about  the  work  done  in  such  a  short  time.  The  appear- 
ance of  the  huge  building  and  its  contents  was  most  impressive  and  festive. 
Although  an  immense  work  has  yet  to  be  done,  and  many  articles  announced 
to  be  placed  in  their  several  departments,  the  opening  of  the  exhibition  could 
be  called  no  other  than  a  success.  The  interior  of  the  Rink,  decorated  with 
the  flags  of  all  nations,  numbering  au  auditorium  of  3,000  to  4,000  persons, 
rendered  a  most  interesting  picture  full  of  life.  Reinhard's  orchestra  opened 
with  a  Grand  March  of  the  opera  of  Bellisario,  which  was  followed  by  the 
Festival  Overture  and  the  prayer  of  a  Reverend.  Next  came  a  Potpourri, 
reproducing  the  National  Hymns  of  all  prominent  nations,  and  then  ex- 
Governor  Marcus  L.  Ward  spoke  in  a  neat,  excellent  manner,  followed  by  an 
interesting  and  instructive  address  from  Gen.  Runyon. 

From  the  New  Jersey  Volksmann. 

The  formal  opening  of  the  Exhibition  of  the  products  of  the  manufacturers 
and  artisans  of  our  city  drew,  last  night,  to  the  capacious  rooms  of  the  Rink 
Buildings,  on  Washington  street,  an  intelligent  and  appreciative  audience. 
The  Exhibition  shows  to  great  advantage  the  vast  dimensions  which  the 
manufacturing  interests  have  taken  in  our  city  within  the  last  decade.  The 
excellent  addresses  by  ex-Gov.  Ward  and  Gen.  Theodore  Runyon  were  well 
received,  and  contained  much  information  relative  to  our  city,  which  is  placed 
on  record  as  being  the  first  instance  in  the  history  of  the  Union  where  a  city 
has  undertaken  an  Exhibition  of  its  own  products  exclusively. 

From  the  New  York  World. 

The  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition  was  formally  opened  last  evening  with 
such  exercises  as  are  common  on  such  occasions.  Newark  is  within  half  an 
hour's  ride  of  New  York,  and  upwards  of  175  trains  run  forward  and  back 


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every  day  ;  and,  as  the  Exhibition  is  sure  to  be  a  good  one,  people  interested 
in  any  way  in  manufactures  may  easily  pass  a  pleasant  day  in  looking  on  this 
large  collection  of  the  products  of  the  industrial  arts  of  a  sister  city,  for  all 
that  shall  be  exhibited  there  must  have  been  produced  in  Newark  alone.  ' 

A  large  number  of  persons  were  present  at  the  opening  last  night.  All 
were  interested,  and  the  prospects  cfthe  new  local  enterprise  seem  to  he  verv 
favorable. 

From  the  New  York  Herald. 

The  much-talked  of  and  long-looked  for  Industrial  Exhibition,  composed 
exclusively  of  local  manufactures,  was  formally  opened  in  Newark  last  night, 
under  auspices  most  favorable.  The  Rink,  a  large,  commodious  wooden 
building  originally  built  for  skating  purposes  by  one  Bechtel,  of  Milwaukee, 
and  a  pair  of  newly-built  adjoining  buildings,  were  gayly  decked  off  with 
flags,  and  were  brilliant  with  gas  jets.  As  a  matter  to  'be  expected  the  ar- 
rangements in  the  interior  are  not  complete  yet,  nor  will  they  probably  be  for 
a  couple  of  days,  but  still  there  are  enough  specimens  of  fine  workmanship  on 
hand  now  to  warrant  the  statement  that  the  exhibition  is  sure  to  prove  a  suc- 
cess as  far  as  the  show  goes.  In  the  matter  of  drawing  a  crowd  last  night  it 
was  also  a  success.  There  were  present  from  two  thousand  to  fwentv-five 
hundred  persons.  The  display  consists 

of  harness,  cutlery,  machinery,  woodwork  and  a  hundred  other  articles  of 
general  and  domestic  use. 

From  the  New  York  Tribune. 

We  give  some  account  this  morning  of  the  exercises  at  the  opening  of  the 
Newark  Industrial  Exhibition.  Though  the  arrangements  are  not  yet  fully 
completed,  the  exhibition  promises  to  be  useful  and  interesting,  and  the  exer- 
cises yesterday  were  marked  by  good  taste  and  impressiveness. 

From  the  New  York  Times. 

An  Industiial  Exhibition  was  opened  in  Newark  last  evening  of  a  kind  never 
before  held  in  this  country.  It  was  decided  to  depend  entirely  upon  the  in- 
terest and  importance  of  the  exposition  to  render  it  a  pecuniary  success,  the 
city  having  a  population  of  over  115,000,  and  being  more  largely  engaged  in 
the  mechanical  branches  of  trade,  producing  a  greater  variety  of  goods  than 
any  other  city  of  its  size  in  the  United  States. 

For  the  past  week,  and  up  to  the  hour  of  opening  the  doors  to  the  public 
last  evening,  carpenters,  upholsterers  and  exhibitors  have  been  busy  preparing 
the  booths.  Two  wings  were  added  to  the  Rink, 

giving  about  15,000  additional  square  feet  of  exhibition  room,  making  al>out 
60,000  in  all.  A  very  large  assemblage 

filled  the  building  last  evening,  and  there  was  a  very  general  surprise  at  the 
number  and  variety  of  trades  represented. 

From  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser. 

The  ceremony  of  the  presentation  of  the  Seth  Boyden  bust  by 
the  artist,  Mr.  BEITL,  was  a  very  interesting  occasion.  Assem- 
bled upon  the  stage  were  the  Managers,  Mayor  Ricord,  ({en. 
Runyon,  Hon.  George  A.  Halsey,  Wm.  B.  Guild,  Dr.  S.  B. 
Hunt  and  other  members  of  the  press. 

Mayor  RICORD,  in  a  few  appropriate  remarks,  introduced  ])r. 
SAN  FORD  B.  HUNT,  who  made  the  presentation  address,  as 
follows  : 


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GEN.  RUNYON  :  In  behalf  of  the  artist,  Mr.  BEITL,  I  present  to  you  and 
through  you  to  the  Committee  the  bust  of SETH  BOYDEN.  It  is  a  singularly 
faithful  fikeness  of  a  man  whom  the  artist  has  only  seen  in  photograph. 
Durimr  the  latter  years  of  his  life  it  was  my  good  fortune  and  my  honor  to  be 
Seth  Boyden's  friend.  I  sat  by  his  death  bed,  and  honored  the  great  sim- 
plicity of  the  old  man's  character.  With  him,  the  great  inventor,  death  was 
the  chance  of  the  working  of  a  machine.  The  record  of  his  life,  more  just 
than  justice  itself,  is  known  to  you  as  well  as  to  me.  I  speak  no  eulogy — 
Seth  Boyden's  life-work  was  worthily  done.  The  artist  has,  with  an  honesty 
that  belongs  to  his  subject,  given  us  his  homely  features  as  they  were.  In 
his  name  and  in  the  noble  memory  of  Seth  Boyden,  I  present  them  to  the 
Committee. 

Gen.  KUNYON  responded  as  follows  : 

This  Exhibition  of  the  Industries  of  the  city  of  Newark  is  the  place 
of  all  places  where  the  memory  of  Seth  Boyden  should  be  honored.  The 
design  of  erecting  a  memorial  to  this  great  mechanic  belongs  not  to  any 
particular  body  of  men  among  us,  but  to  the  whole  people.  The  Committe'e 
represent  the  whole  city  in  the  desire  to  do  honor  to  the  memory  of 
the  man  whose  name  is  indissolubly  connected  with  the  best  and  most 
valued  interests  of  Newark.  In  the  thanks  of  the  Committee,  the  artist  re- 
ceives the  acknowledgments  of  those  whom  the  Committee  represent.  He 
has  rendered  us  a  very  valuable  service  in  giving  us  as  the  result  of  his 
toil  and  artistic  skill  the  rugged  features  which  were  so  familiar  to  us. 
We  who  knew  Seth  Boyden  can  attest  to  its  fidelity.  The  artist  has 
rendered  the  sculptor's  work  easier.  The  monament  we  will  raise  will  be 
best,  as  it  shall  be  truest  to  nature,  as  shall  represent  most  truly  the  homely 
features  which  were  the  external  evidences  of  the  honest  simplicity  of 
the  great  inventor.  The  memorial  will  not  only  witness  to  the  people 
of  this  and  future  generations  our  admiration  of  the  man  and  his  qualities, 
but  our  appreciation  of  the  importance  and  value  of  the  mechanical  skill  of 
which  he  was  so  true  a  representative.  As  we  look  about  us  in  this  Exposi- 
tion of  our  own  varied  manufactures,  we  are  reminded  that  it  is  his  spirit 
infused  into  our  manufacturers  to  which  we  are  to  a  great  extent  indebted  for 
whtit  \\v  are  as  a  city  of  industries.  He  spent  his  days  and  nights  in  labori- 
ous investigation!  to  produce  results  in  mechanics  which  would  promote  the 
public  welfare. 

The  Committee  rely  upon  the  co-operation  of  the  citizens  of  Newark  in 
their  undertaking.  The  artist  has  made  his  contribution  with  a  generosity 
worthy  of  public  recognition,  and  I,  therefore,  thus  publicly  return  to  him  the 
thanks  of  the  people,  expressing  the  hope  that  before  many  months  he 
;uid  we  may  again  assemble  for  the  purpose  of  inaugurating  the  memorial 
which  this  City  of  Mechanics  is  to  raise  to  her  Master  Mechanic  ! 


3|*ltilriti0tt. 


The  Exhibition  having  thus  been  auspiciously  opened,  con- 
tinued with  increased  interest  (and  on  several  occasions  with 
immense  crowds,  numbering  as  high  as  10,000  persons,)  for  fifty- 
two  days,  closing  on  Friday  night,  the  llth  day  of  October,  1872, 
with  the  following  ceremonies  : 

As  on  the  opening  night,  a  large  audience  assembled,  and  at 
the  appointed  hour  the  President,  Board  of  Managers  and  Orator 
of  the  evening,  CORTLANDT  PARKER,  Esq.,  proceeded  to  the 
speaker's  stand. 

Reinhard's  band  opened  the  exercises  with  choice  selections, 
after  which  Hon.  MARCUS  L.  WARD  delivered  the  following 
address  : 

At  the  commencement  of  this  Exposition  I  expressed  my  confidence  in  its 
success,  and  now  at  its  close  I  congratulate  all  its  friends  and  supporters  upon 
the  fulfillment  of  those  expectations. 

This  success  has  been  in  a  measure  due  to  the  public-spirited  friends  of  the 
enterprise,  who  having  in  view  only  the  advancement  of  our  industries,  early 
came  forward  with  their  subscriptions. 

The  prudence,  care  and  energy  of  those  who  were  chosen  as  the  directors  of 
the  Exposition,  and  especially  our  Secretary,  who  have  with  remarkable  de- 
votion given  it  their  time  and  attention,  has  been  another  element  of  success. 

We  are  also  indebted  to  the  exhibitors,  and  to  the  public  who  have  so 
generously  supported  it  by  their  attendance  and  appreciation. 

All  the  good  expected  from  it  has  been  realized.  The  value  and  character 
of  our  manufacturing  interests  have  been  clearly  shown.  The  varied  and 
beautiful  specimens  of  our  skill  presented  here  have  been  admired  by  visitors 
from  all  parts  of  the  Union,  and  our  manufacturers  and  mechanics  are  ac- 
knowledged to  have  few  rivals  and  no  superiors. 

It  has  developed  a  new  interest  in  our  leading  public  men,  which  will  tend 
to  strengthen  their  opinions  as  to  the  necessity  and  advantage  of  protecting 
and  sustaining  American  interests  and  American  labor.  We  hope  that  it  has 
created  in  our  midst  a  higher  appreciation  of  our  resources  and  our  skill. 

CORTLANDT  PARKER,  Esq.,  was  then  introduced,  and  ad- 
dressed the  audience  as  follows  : 

LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN  :  The  first  Newark  Exposition  draw*  to  its 
close,  and  I  am  honored  by  being  appointed  by  its  Managers  to  address  to  you 
their  respectful  farewell. 

It  has  been  a  most  gratifying  success.  Goods  to  the  value  of  $900,000  have 
been  exhibited.  More  than  120.000  people  have  visited  it.  They  have  come 
from  every  quarter  of  the  country,  and  some  from  continents  and  islands 
beyond  the  sea.  The  press  everywhere  has  chronicled  it  existence  and  ex- 
pressed its  appreciation  of  its  merits.  It  is  beyond  doubt  that  the  character 
of  Newark  as  a  city  of  manufactures  is  far  better  and  more  kindly  known 
throughout  the  land  by  means  of  the  existence  of  this  Exposition,  and  that  it 
will  bring  pecuniary  advantage  to  the  exhibitors  for  a  long  time  to  come. 
Many  already  have  realized  this  agreeable  result. 


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The  design  of  this  effort  has  been  largely  accomplished.  That  design  was 
two-fold — first,  to  acquaint  the  world  with  the  variety  and  perfection  of  our 
manufacturing  industry,  ar.d  next  to  reveal  them  to  our  own  eyes.  It  is  hard 
to  say  who  have  been  most  gratified  and  surprised,  visitors  from  abroad  by 
whom  Newark  was  here  for  the  first  time  really  seen,  or  those  from  the  city 
itself,  who.  generally  absorbed  with  their  own  particular  employment,  have 
taken  no  heed  of  the  whirring  wheels  around  them,  and  who  beheld  here  for 
the  first  time  the  inner  life,  so  to  speak,  of  the  city  in  which  they  dwell.  To 
the  thoughtful  among  them  Newark  is  no  longer'  merely,  or  principally,  the 
citv  of  beautiful  avenues  or  parks,  the  city  of  churches,  the  rapidly  increasing 
neighbor  of  the  metropolis,  the  chief  city  of  our  beloved  State,  the  home  of 
thrift,  comfort  and  order.  Pride  in  all  these  will  still  be  indulged,  indeed,  but 
a  more  reasonable  and  nobler  gratification  will  be  ours — the  thought  that  our 
city  is  the  peculiar  home  of  invention,  skill,  enterprise  and  progi-ess  in  all 
mechanical  arts — that  intellect  and  energy  are  here  in  a  greater  degree  than 
found  elsewhere,  and  that  from  their  exertion,  joined  ordinarily  with  morality 
and  religion,  springs  the  happiness  which  our  daily  growing  population 
generally  enjoy. 

Two  features  are  especially  noticeable  in  Newark  manufactures  :  their  va- 
riety and  the  fact  that  our  productions  are  mainly  the  result  of  handicraft 
rather  than  the  mere  creation  of  machinery. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  circumstances  have  as  yet  prevented  the  prepara- 
tion of  a  particular  catalogue  of  this  Exhibition  ;  that  is  a  duty  yet  to  come. 
When  it  shall  be  accomplished  (and  it  is  now  in  preparation)  we  shall  per- 
ceive perhaps  still  more  forcibly  than  now  the  variety  of  which  I  speak,  and 
shall  also  more  completely  rea'ize  the  fact  I  have  mentioned — that  our  manu- 
factures are  mainly  the  result  rather  of  handicraft  than  mere  machinery.  By 
handicraft  I  mean  formative  skill,  including  both  invention  and  art  in  crea- 
tion. Such  art.  it  is  true,  originates  machinery,  and  to  a  smaller  extent  is 
necessary  in  its  management  and  direction.  But  machinery  does  the  same 
work  with  the  same  perfection  whether  its  director  be  a  person  of  talent  or 
not.  Articles  which  are  the  result  not  of  machinery  but  of  craft, — what  is 
called  in  old  English  the  cunning  of  the  workman — requires  the  mechanic  to 
have  brain  and  skill.  They  differ  in  perfection  when  made  by  different  indi- 
viduals. To  be  a  cunning  workman  implies  talent — talent  almost  as  great  as 
that  indispensable  to  the  professions.  And  handicraft,  when  well  under- 
stood, permits  the  employment  of  the  mind  in  a  different  direction  while  the 
hands  are  pursuing  their  habitual  exertion.  Hence,  if  my  theory  be  not 
incorrect,  and  individuals  engaged  in  handicraft  are  as  a  class  more  intelligent 
than  those  whose  duty  is  manufacturing  by  machines,  and  a  city  whose 
manufacturers  are  mostly  of  this  class  will  be  fuller  of  intellectual  mechanics 
than  one  where  they  are  mostly  of  the  other. 

There  are  some  branches  of  mechanical  art  which  require  the  highest  order 
of  talent  in  the  workman,  though  they  can  only  be  carried  on  by  machinery. 
Such,  for  instance,  is  that  of  the  maker  of  heavy  machinery,  whose  education 
and  efficiency  must  be  of  the  highest  character.  It  is  equally  true  Avith  those 
who  manage  motive  power.  The  master  of  that  wonderful  creation,  the  steam 
engine,  whether  stationary  or  not,  must  himself  be  possessed  of  high  intelli- 
gence. But  the  operative  in  the  cotton  mill,  the  cotton  printing  factory,  and 
in  many  other  departments  of  similar  very  important  industry,  needs  little 
intelligence  ;  enough  to  perform  some  simple  and  monotonous  duty  is  quite 
sufficient. 

If  any  one  would  appreciate  the  force  of  this  suggestion,  let  them  visit  some 
city  where  manufactures  are  mostly  of  one  sort,  and  performed  by  machinery, 
especially  where  the  laborers  are  of  foreign  rather  than  native  birth,  and 
therefore'  not  so  generally  educated,  and  mark  the  character  of  the  crowds  who 
at  twelve  o'clock  swarm*  from  the  factories.  Then  at  the  same  hour,  let  him 
place  himself  in  some  central  point  in  Newark,  and  compare  the  intelligence 
of  those  he  sees  here  with  that  of  the  others.  He  will  perceive  such  a  differ- 
ence as  will  prompt  inquiry  for  its  explanation.  And,  I  think,  he  can  find 
none  so  satisfactory  as  that  our  people  are  mainly  handicraftsmen,  the  others 
mainly  machine  workers. 

Another  consequence  arises  from  the  same  source — a  greater  disparity  be- 
tween the  intellectual  character  and  attainments  of  mechanics  in  branches 


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specially  dependent  on  machinery  ;  a  sort  of  aristocracy  among  them.  The 
leading'men  are  often  of  extraordinary  cultivation  ;  the"  mass,  satisfied  with- 
out progress.  In  communities,  on  the  other  hand,  dependent  upon  handi- 
craft, intelligence  is  more  diffused.  Men  in  the  ranks  are  constantly  rising  to 
command,  and  the  employer  and  employee  are  socially  and  intellectually  more 
equal. 

Our  distinction,  their  in  the  variety  and  character  of  our  manufactures  is 
most  important.  We  are  not  only  the  third  city  in  the  Union  in  point  of 
amount  of  manufacturing  products — it  is  believed  that  we  are  the  first  in  re- 
gard of  variety,  and  pre-eminently  the  city  of  handicraft.  And  belonging 
myself  to  a  different  walk  of  life,  I  can  speak  justly  of  my  fellow-citizens  here 
without  lack  of  modesty,  and  say,  as  I  do,  that  I  believe  the  manufacturing 
population  of  Newark  more  generally  intelligent  than  that  of  any  of  her 
rivals. 

This  variety  in  our  products  has  been  brought  about  gradually  and  almost 
imperceptibly.  It  has  seemed  to  me  something  like  crystallization.  We 
have  no  water  power  worthy  the  name.  We  have  absolutely  no  natural  ad- 
vantages for  manufacturing.  We  have,  indeed,  a  river,  an  advantage,  by  the 
way,  we  have  appreciated  but  little.  But  it  is  crooked  and  shallow  ;  anil  the. 
flats  which  lie  between  it  and  Bergen  Hill  were  in  the  beginning  a  most  for- 
midable obstacle  to  communication  with  New  York.  In  the  early  geogi-aphien 
we  are  recorded  to  be  a  small  village  where  boots  and  shoes"  were  made; 
hence  leather,  then  carriages,  harness,  saddles,  clothing,  hats.  For  many 
years  we  were  but  a  factory  for  the  .South ;  supplied  its  luxuries  and  its 
necessities.  Almost  all  our  manufacturers  found  their  market  beyond  Mason 
and  Dixon's  line.  After  a  while  a  partial  market  was  obtained  elsewhere  ; 
the  result  very  much,  I  fancy,  of  the  system  which  grew  up,  establishing 
warehouses  in  New  York.  The  war  completed  the  change.  The  Govern- 
ment was  then  our  best  customer,  and  its  wants  induced  much  change  in  the 
lines  of  industry.  Hence  great  additional  variety  ;  and  it  has  been  found 
that  as  each  new  article  was  added  to  our  manufactures,  establishments  were 
set  up  for  the  making  of  what  was  needed  by  way  of  material.  And  so  it  has 
at  last  come  to  pass  that  almost  every  conceivable  thing  can  be  found  in 
progress  of  making  here. 

The  causes  which  have  produced  this  variety  and  extent  in  our  manufac- 
tures are  t-till  at  work  accelerated  now  by  railroad  connections,  not  the  off- 
spring of  our  efforts,  but  made  for  us  by  the  capital  and  energy  of  others.  We 
Newarkers,  and  especially  the  manufacturers  of  the  city,  owe  much  to  two 
individuals,  neither  of  them  much  honored  by  the  public,  through  whom 
transportation  is  effected  without  change  of  bulk  to  every  point  reached  by 
the  Erie,  Briareus  of  railroads,  or  any  of  its  numerous  feeders.  And  the 
Midland  is  another  important  work  through  which  a  different  and  almost 
unopened  section  of  the  country  will  be  reached  in  like  manner,  while  the 
huge  Pennsylvania  will  likew'ise  be  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  the  Newark 
manufacturer,  carrying  his  wares  without  breaking  packages  to  all  its  numer- 
ous and  distant  connections. 

The  growth  of  Newark  in  population — perfect  evidence  of  its  growth  in 
manufactures— has  been  most  surprising.  In  1840,  17,600  ;  in  1850,  38,200  ; 
in  1860,  71,941;  in  1870,  by  the  census,  105,542 ;  in  1872,  we  think,  115,000. 
Her  advance  in  the  future  must  be  still  more  rapid  ;  and  they  are  living  now 
who  will  see  the  territory  eastward  of  the  Orange  Mountains  and  westward  of 
the  Passaic  swarming  wilh  an  industrious  and,  for  the  most  part,  manufactur- 
ing population.  It  is  for  such  a  result  and  for  its  acceleration  that  the  manu- 
facturers of  Newark  should  prepare 

The  occasion  permits,  if  it  does  not  directly  call  for  a  brief  suggestion  or 
two  as  to  how  those  who  are  interested  in  our  city,  and  proud  of  her  eminence 
in  mechanic  art.  can  best  promote  it. 

1.  Repeat  yearly  this  Exposition.  Encourage  a  generous'rivalry.  Procure 
the  attendance  of  a  committee  from  elsewhere — men  distinguished  in  science 
and  mechanic  art — and  distribute  not  money  prizes,  but  decorations  and  cer- 
tificates, to  be  awarded  by  them.  Not  being  citizens  of  Newark,  they  will 
have  no  prejudices  and  will  be  critical.  The  severer  their  requisitions  the 
better.  And  that  they  may  be  free  from  all  possible  bias,  let  it  be  the  rule 
that  their  examination  shall  be  made  together  on  a  late  day  of  the  Exhibition, 


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and  under  terms  of  generate  compensation  for  their  services,  so  that  no  man 
may  accuse  them  of  favoritism  or  of  possible  hostility. 

2.  Dignity  mechanic  art.  Inculcate  by  precept  and  example  that  he  is  the 
great  man  among  mechanics  who  attains  the  greatest  success,  not  in  the  accu- 
mulation of  wealth,  but  in  the  construction  of  the  best  manufacture.  Build  a 
monument  soon  to  SETH  BOYDKN,  and  insist  upon  it  that  he  preferred  art  to 
money,  and  died  himself  poor,  though,  through  his  toil  of  brain  and  hand, 
many  :, round  him  grew  rich.  Such  a  monument  would,  or  ought  to  be,  the 
strongest  incentive  to  that  love  of  art  and  that  pride  in  its  achievement 
through  which  only  will  it  be  triumphantly  pursued. 

3o  Educate  the  a'rtisan.  Be  not  content  with  supplying  public  schools  and 
with  improving  education  there  ;  but  establish  in  Newark  a  school  of  mechanic 
art.  Let  there  be  instructors  as  well  as  lecturers.  Teach  the  apprentices  (if, 
indeed,  there  be  any  now  !) — teach  the  young  and  the  old,  too,  the  science  of 
mechanics,  chemistry,  mineralogy.  Let  there  be  instruction  in  machinery. 
Build  and  till  a  museum  of  inventions  and  manufactures.  Attach  to  it  a 
library  of  books  upon  every  topic  at  all  connected  with  theoretical  or  practical 
mechanics. 

What  a  noble  legacy  would  not  that  be  for  a  successful  mechanic  to  bestow, 
through  which  such  an  institution  as  I  have  hastily  depicted  should  be  estab- 
lished and  maintained  ! 

4.  Cultivate  morals  in  art.     Let  the  workman  be  regarded  as  a  disgrace  to 
his  trade  who  aims  at  the  cheap  and  showy,  instead  of  what  is  perfect  and 
lasting.     Let  it  be  the  ambition  of  all  that  every  thing  of  Newark  make  shall 
be  expected  to  be  the  best  of  its  kind.     Despise  and  treat  with  the  contempt 
he  deserves  every  workman   or  master  manufacturer  who  deals  in  any  ap- 
proach to  shoddy.     Shoddy  is  the  quackery  of  manufacturing  industry.     It  is 
not  only  sin,  but,  ruin  to  the  place  from  which  it  proceeds. 

5.  Strive  to  generate  and  cultivate  among  artisans  a  love  for  the  fine  arts, 
and  for  the  beautiful.     The  useful  and  the  beautiful  are  in  the  divine  economy 
conjoined.     It  should  be  so  in  human  mechanics,  and  it  is  so  in  just  the  de- 
gree in  which  they  approach  perfection.     Architecture  and   engineering  are 
the  bridges,  one  might  say,  between  the  mechanical  arts  and  the  arts  of  taste. 
The  latter  develop  the  mental  faculties  and  adorn  life  beyond  the  pursuits 
which  a:-.>  simply  useful.     They  soften,  refine  and  elevate. 

6.  Let  it  be  the  aim  of  Newark  manufacturers  and  mechanics  to  require  and 
display  a  geneious  public  spirit.     They  have  much,   but    they  might  have 
much  more.     I  have  already  remarked    that  our  local  advantages  are  not 
largely  natural,  and  that  those  of  artificial  character  from  which  we  now  reap, 
and  assuredly  will  hereafter  gain  so  much  profit,  have  come  to  us  through  the 
capital  iind  labors  of  others.     We  have  not  built,  or  in  any  degree  contributed 
to  build  the  great  arteries  of  commerce,  through  which   we   are  brought  near 
to  every  quarter  of  our  own  country,  and  even  to  Japan,  China  and  the  world 
beyond.     We  should  have  some  cause  for  greater  pride  if  more  of  what  we 
enjoy  was  the  result  of  our  own  discernment  and  enterprise.     Let  us  take  a 
lesson  from  our  shortcomings  here.     Let  us  welcome  and  cheerfully  aid  every 
project  for  public   improvement.     Let   us  beautify   our  streets  and  suburbs. 
Let  us  push  with  energy  the  plans  of  the  County  Board,  and  make  the  ave- 
nues from  Newark  to  the  neighboring  villages  and  cities  worthy  of  the  beau- 
tiful country  over  which   they  pass.     There  is  scarcely  in  this  land  a  stretch 
of  territory  more  lovely  than  that  which  extends  from  the  ridge  of  the  Orange 
Mountain,  and  the  hills  lying  north  and   south   of  it,    to   the  lovely  Passaic, 
which  sweeps  so  gracefully  around  our  city.     All  this  should  be,  and  in  truth 
one  day  will,  be  one  city,  and  the  most  attractive  city  of  the  North.     Having 
already  at  its  further  extremity  a  park  which  is  excelled  by  none,  it  should 
possess  another,  within  easy  reach  of  its  population,  for  the  recreation  of  the 
artisan  and  all  the  sons.of  toil.     I  believe  the   time  has  come  for  this  great 
public  improvement.     Reflection  and  observation  have  convinced  me  that 
there  is  the  greatest  wisdom  in  supplying  every  people  with  encouragement  to 
local  pride.     Patriotism  springs  from  love  of  home,  and  whatever  makes  us 
glory  in  our  home  tends  to  intensify  it. 

Pardon  me,  my  friends,  for  these  desultory  remarks  and  for  wandering  into 
the  discussion  of  topics,  not,  perhaps,  closely  enough  allied  to  the  occasion  and 


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the  place.     I  will  delay  you  here  no  longer.     In  the  name  of  the  managers  I 
thank  you  for  your  attendance  and  interest. 

I  ti  ust  another  year  will  bring  you  back  to  witness  the  evidence  of  still 
greater  progress  by  the  mechanics  of  Newark  towards  perfection  in  the  various 
arts,  and  I  invoke'your  sympathy  with  every  effort  to  increase  a  just  pride  in 
our  city  and  its  inhabitants,  and  to  raise  its  multitude  of  toiling  artisans  in 
the  scale  of  intellectual  and  moral  being. 

The  following  extracts  appeared  in  various  journals  the  day 
following  the  close  of  the  Exhibition,  and  also  during  its  con- 
tinuance : 

From  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser. 

The  great  Exposition  of  Newark  manufactures  closed  last  night  and  the 
time  for  criticism  has  come.  We  have  just  one  to  make,  and  it  is  the  same 
which  we  have  urged  persistently  from  the  beginning,  that  it  was  not  suffi- 
ciently advertised  in  other  States  to  give  it  its  true  value  to  the  manufacturers 
of  Newark.  The  local  press  have  done  their  entire  duty,  but  they  could  not 
reach  the  audience  of  purchasers.  Every  great  journal  in  the  country,  and 
every  pictorial  newspaper  worthy  of  notice,  might  have  been  impressed  into 
the  service  of  the  Exposition.  And  that  ends  all  we  have  to  say  in  criticism, 
unless  we  censure  the  absence  of  some  important  manufacturers. 

In  praise  we  have  stronger  and  more  emphatic  language.  The  original 
conception  was  grand.  Its  localization,  its  strict  confinement  to  Newark  en- 
terprise, its  liberal  system  of  no  payment  for  entries,  its  absolute  rejection  of 
the  miserable  bribe  and  swindle  of  premiums,  its  ample  space  and  sufficient 
outlay  at  the  start,  were  all  that  they  should  have  been,  and  show  a  good 
organizing  mind.  No  one  has  reason  to  blush  at  the  Newark  Exposition,  save 
those  who  staid  away,  and  they  are  very  few.  It  was  in  all  regards  a  beau- 
tiful thing,  such  as  no  other  city  in  the  United  States  could  produce,  ample, 
complete  and  generous  in  all  its  parts.  Perhaps  our  opening  criticism  is  un- 
just. It  may  be  that  the  Managers,  with  this  vast  work  upon  their  hands, 
were  willing  to  call  this  an  experiment  and  judge  from  it  what  they  may  be 
able  to  accomplish  another  year.  If  that  is  their  thought,  and  if  the  same 
ability  is  displayed,  the  Newark  Exposition  will  become  the  event  of  the 
year. 

For  eight  weeks  thousands  of  our  people,  of  every  age  and  rank,  have 
thronged  the  only  too  narrow  space  of  that  vast  edifice.  The  visitors  from 
abroad  were  not  as  numerous  as  we  could  have  wished,  but  they  were  many 
and  they  wrere  purchasers,  and  we  venture  the  assertion  that  if  our  manufac- 
turers had  thrown  the  place  open  to  every  stranger  without  fee  they  would 
have  been  the  richer  for  their  enterprise.  As  it  is,  they  have  achieved  a  grand 
and  permanent  success  and  have  "  advertised  "  Newark  magnificently.  It 
was  a  shrewd,  clean,  commercial  enterprise,  aside  from  aims  high  and  noble, 
and  well  deserving  a  success  so  distinguished.  Next  year  we  look  forward 
to  something  even  better.  High  credit  is  due  to  the  present  management, 
and  great  is  their  claim  to  the  recognition  and  the  gratitude  of  Newark. 

There  is  another  reason  for  pride.  Our  "  efficient  police" — and  it  was  effi- 
cient, have  had  no  occasion  to  make  an  arrest  during  the  whole  eight  weeks 
of  the  Exposition.  There  has  been  no  brawl  nor  violence  nor  any  theft. 
With  the  closest  surveillance  and  the  most  careful  attantion  to  duty,  the  police 
find  their  mission  gone.  Not  a  theft  has  been  reported  nor  any  violation  of 
the  highest  decencies  of  the  place.  The  fact  is  a  singular  commentary  and 
evidence  of  the  high  educational  uses  of  such  an  Exposition.  We  shall  have 
another  next  year,  attended  with  higher  success.  The  distinguished  men 
who  associated  their  names  with  this  great  work  of  art,  Gov.  WARD  accept- 
ing the  Presidency,  deserve  the  hearty  congratulations  of  every  business  man 
in  Newark.  And  so  we  bid  a  reluctant  farewell  to  an  Exposition  which  has 
been  almost  a  perfect  satisfaction,  and  which  we  shall  welcome  again  another 
year  with  hearty  greeting  and  not  with  the  doubtful  glance  we  cast  upon  a 
stranger. 


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From  the  Newark  Evening  Courier. 

After  running  several  weeks  and  three  days  the  Exhibition  was  brought  to 
a  close  last  evening  with  the  same  simple,  fitting  ceremonies  with  which  it 
was  opened.  It  will  be  remembered  that  at  its  inception  the  announcement 
was  made  that  the  Exposition  would  be  continued  one  month,  and  yet  many 
doubted  if  the  patronage  would  be  sufficient  to  call  for  so  long  a  continuance 
of  it.  But  the  excellence  of  the  Exhibition  and  its  great  popularity  have  com- 
pelled the  Managers  to  prolong  it  till  this  late  day.  Few  exhibitions  run  more 
than  thirty  days. 

Reinhard's  band,  which  has  greatly  increased  its  excellent  reputation  by 
the  fine  music  it  has  furnished  throughout  the  Exhibition,  played  finely  last 
evening  and  kept  the  audience  in  a  lively  mood.  About  eight  o'clock  the 
Managers,  Mayor  RicORD,  and  other  prominent  gentlemen  appeared  upon  the 
platform  erected  beneath  the  western  gallery  of  the  Rink,  and  ev-Governor 
WARD,  President  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  delivered  an  address. 


The  Industrial  Exhibition  which  has  been  in  operation  since  the  20th  of 
August  last  was  brought  to  a  close  last  evening  with  appropriate  exercises. 
It  is  a  pleasure  to  record  that  the  Exhibition  has  proved  a  success  in  every 
particular,  and,  to  the  credit  of  our  citizens  be  it  said,  chiefly  by  their  patron-  . 
age.  Though  visitors  from  all  sections  of  the  country  have  been  drawn  to  the 
city,  their  stay  was  necessarily  brief,  but  long  enough  to  convince  them  that 
Newark's  claim  to  the  title  of  being  a  great  manufacturing  city  is  not  exag- 
gerated. All  those  from  abroad  who  have  honored  the  city  by  their  attend- 


ance have  spoken  of  the  Exhibition  in  terms  of  the  highest  praise.  The  fame 
of  Newark  has  therefore  spread  over  the  laud,  and  while  it  has  not,  this  year, 
been  productive  of  a  very  large  attendance  of  strangers — that  is  in  numbers 


large  enough  to  add  very  materially  to  the  income  of  the  Exhibition — it  will 
be  productive  of  great  results  in  the  future. 

The  success  of  the  Exhibition,  financially  considered,  has  devolved  upon 
our  own  people.  Nobly  indeed  have  they  sustained  it.  Public  spirit  is  not 
dead  in  Newark,  and  those  among  us  who  have  always  deplored  the  existence 
of  an  old  fogy  spirit,  find  that  they  have  been  entirely  at  fault  in  their  estima- 
tion of  Newark  enterprise,  and  frankly  confess  their  mistake.  Possessing, 
therefore,  the  ability  to  sustain  a  first-class  place  of  amusement,  and  having 
manifested  the  deepest  regard  for  Newark's  interests,  and  shown  a  laudable 
desire  to  reward  labor  and  dignify  it,  it  is  sincerely  to  be  hoped  attention  will 
be  given  by  our  citizens  at  large  to  a  matter  indispensable  to  the  intellectual 
advancement  of  our  people,  and  by  the  establishment  of  which  Newark  will 
reflect  double  honor  upon  herself  and  become  more  attractive  to  her  citizens. 
We  refer  to  the  admirable  suggestion  of  the  Hon.  CORTLANDT  PARKER  in  his 
address  last  evening  for  the  establishment  of  a  School  of  Mechanic  Art,  where 
there  shall  be  instructors  as  well  as  lecturers,  that  the  young  and  the  old — 
we  are  never  too  old  to  learn — may  be  taught  the  science  "of  mechanics,  chem- 
istry and  mineralogy.  Where  our  inventors,  architects,  draughtsmen  and 
laborers  generally  can  place  specimens  of  their  handiwork,  thus  creating  an 
industrial  museum  which  would  perpetuate  the  name  of  Newark  as  a  manu- 
facturing city  and  call  attention  to  the  enterprise  and  skill  of  our  citizens 
generally.  A  library,  comprising  works  of  eminent  writers  on  all  subjects 
allied  to' art,  science,  invention  and  mechanics,  would  of  course  be  necessary 
to  the  success  of  such  an  enterprise. 

Is  there  enough  public  spirit  in  Newark  to  put  this  movement  on  its  feet  if 
The  applause  which  last  evening  greeted  Mr.  PARKER  when  he  made  the 
suggestion  is  proof  that  such  a  feeling  has  long  existed  in  the  minds  of  many 
of  our  citizens.  To  them  we  would  say,  come  out  and  let  your  light  shine. 
Give  what  ideas  you  may  have  on  this  subject  to  the  public,  and  so  create 
discussion.  The  columns  of  this  paper  are  open  to  all  who  wish  to  give  their 
views  to  the  public,  and  if,  in  connection  with  the  agitation  of  this  subject,  a 

Elan  be  at  once   submitted   to   the    people    on    which    to    work,  we    have    no 
esitation  in  saying   the    movement    will    be    successful    and    become  highly 
popular. 

We  suggest  that  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Industrial   Exhibition  take 


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the  subject  at  once  in  hand  and  incorporate  it  with  their  proposed  Indus-trial 
Association.  The  two  can  very  readily  be  combined,  and  as  the  new  company 
for  the  purpose  of  holding  an  annual  exhibition  in  this  city  contemplates  the 
erection  of  new  buildings,  it  would  not  require  a  great  amount  of  extra  capital 
to  arrange  for  plans  which  would  give  a  large  public  hall  capable  of  seating 
3,000  persons,  which  could  be  used  by  the  Exhibition  Managers  on  opening 
and  closing  nights  for  the  exercises  incident  to  those  occasions,  and  at  other 
times  by  the  Art  Association  for  lectures,  etc.  A  library,  reading-room,  mu- 
seum-department and  committee  rooms  could  be  combined,  and  thus  simulta- 
neously with  the  new  Industrial  Exhibition  enterprise,  have  a  Mechanics' 
Institute,  both  under  one  corporate  name. 

In  an  affair  of  this  kind  the  workingmen  and  women  of  this  city  must  be 
made  interested.  Inducements  must  be  offered  to  secure  their  co-operation, 
and  the  shares  should  be  placed  at  so  reasonable  a  figure  that  all  could  sub- 
scribe to  the  capital  stock  without  feeling  it  burdensome.  Among  the  80,000 
intelligent  working  people  of  Newark  can  be  found  plenty  who  would  cheer- 
fully assist  in  such  an  enterprise.  Those  who  subscribed  for  a  certain  number 
of  shares  should  be  made  life  members,  and  liberal  provision  made  to  secure 
members  among  those  who  by  force  of  circumstances  might  be  unable  to  sub- 
scribe to  the  capital  stock.  The  subject  is  one  of  great  interest  to  every 
Newarker,  and  should  be  agitated  at  once. 

From  the  Newark  Daily  Journal. 

The  Exhibition  brought  its  story  to  a  close  yesterday,  after  remaining  open 
just  six  weeks.  The  ending,  like  the  beginning,  was  highly  gratifying  to 
the  management.  A  large  attendance  was  present  last  night,  including  many 
prominent  citizens.  The  assemblage  was  called  to  order  by  ex-Governor 
MARCUS  L.  WARD. 

SKETCH  OF  THE  ENTERPRISE. 

On  Tuesday  evening,  August  20th,  there  was  inaugurated  at  the  Kink,  on 
Washington  street,  one  of  the  grandest  local  movements  ever  conceived  in  any 
city  in  the  United  States,  and  that  was  the  establishment  of  an  institution 
wherein  the  products  of  Newark  manufacturers  could,  in  one  extensive  com- 
bination, be  displayed  before  the  public,  inviting  its  inspection  and  affording 


an  excellent  opportunity  for  business  men  to  judge  of  the  superior  handiwork 
of  Newark  mechanics  When  the  proposition  to  establish  a  Newark  Industrial 
Exhibition,  in  which  only  the  products  of  Newark  manufactories  were  to  be 


displayed,  was  first  entertained  by  a  number  of  leading  citizens  and  progres- 
sive business  men,  there  were  many  who  laughed  at  the  idea,  and  ridiculed 
the  projectors  of  the  enterprise  as  enthusiasts  and  visionaries.  Many  declared 
that  it  was  utterly  impossible  for  a  city  like  Newark  to  sustain,  unaided,  an 
undertaking  of  such  magnitude,  particularly  as  other  cities  far  exceeding 
Newark  in  population  had  never  plucked  up  sufficient  courage  to  attempt  such 
a  stupendous  scheme. 

In  the  face  of  these  facts,  and  notwithstanding  the  backwardness  of  many 
manufacturers  in  aiding  the  project,  those  gentlemen  who  had  become  identi- 
fied with  it  from  its  first  inception,  resolved  to  push  it  forward  with  courage 
and  energy,  and,  in  spite  of  all  opposition,  prove  that  they  were  not  mere 
dreamers. 

Money  was  subscribed,  the  Rink  rented,  and  Messrs.  MEEKER  &.  HEDDEN 
generously  came  forward,  and  without  any  assurance  of  recompense  for  their 
labor  and  materials,  other  than  their  own  confidence  in  the  ultimate  triumph 
of  the  undertaking,  erected  the  additional  buildings  necessary  for  the  Exhi- 
bition. Through  the  unceasing  efforts  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  Board 
of  Managers,  a  large  number  of  manufacturers  were  induced  to  contribute 
specimens  of  their  productions,  and,  as  stated  in  the  opening  of  this  article, 
the  Exhibition  was  formally  opened  on  the  evening  of  August  20th,  on  which 
occasion  General  THEODORE  RuNYON  delivered  the  opening  address.  The 
JOURNAL,  and  other  local  papers,  as  well  as  many  of  the  metropolitan  sheets, 
added  the  weight  of  their  mighty  influence  to  the  undertaking,  and  in  a  few 
days  after  its  formal  inauguration  the  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition  became 


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:i  success,  and  those  who  had  been  the  slowest  in  perceiving  the  great  results 
that  would  follow  from  its  triumph,  then  became  its  most  earnest  and  enthu- 
siastic admirers  and  supporters.  Hundreds  of  our  manufacturers  immediately 
poured  into  the  buildings  the  most  elegant  samples  of  their  handiwork  that  it 
was  possible  for  them  to  produce,  and,  owing  to  limited  space,  many  were 
unable  to  display  their  goods  ;  but  those  exhibitors  that  were  lucky  enough 
to  engage  space,  displayed  their  goods  in  the  most  attractive  manner  possible, 
and  the  Industrial  buildings  became  a  bower  of  mechanical  and  artistic 
beauties — a  veritable  "  Temple  of  Industries."  The  foregoing  is  a  matter  of 
locul  history,  of  which  Newarkers  may  well  be  proud,  and  one  and  all  cau 
review  with  pleasure  the  history  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition. 

Among  the  more  noticeable  reminiscences  of  the  institution  are  the  visit  of 
the  President  of  the  United  States  ;  the  hearty  reception  of  Honest  HORACE 
GKEELEY,  the  learned  philosopher  and  prominent  editor;  the  visit  of  the 
United  States  Commissioner  to  the  World's  Fair,  which  is  to  be  held  in 
Vienna  ;  and  the  delightful  vocal  and  instrumental  concerts  that  were  gotten 
up  by  the  Board  of  Managers  for  the  amusement  of  the  thousands  of  visitors 
to  the  Exhibition.  Among  these  latter  amusements  the  performance  of  the 
New  York  artists  were,  to  be  sure,  very  fine,  but  the  programmes  rendered  by 
our  own  musicians  were  fully  as  finely  executed  and  as  rapturously  received 
by  the  evening  assemblages  in  attendance  at  the  Rink.  In  the  art  gallery, 
about  the  Rink,  through  the  carriage  department,  and  winding  listlessly 
among  the  mechanical  mysteries  of  the  machine  room,  thousands  of  delighted 
visitors  have  daily  and  nightly  promenaded,  and  so  popular  has  the  Exhibi- 
tion become  that  the  Managers  seriously  entertained  the  idea  of  continuing  it 
as  a  permanent  sample  room  of  Newark  manufacturers,  where  business  men 
could  examine  our  productions  at  will ;  but  this  idea,  after  much  discussion, 
was  abandoned. 

From  the  Sunday  Call. 

The  able  and  comprehensive  address  of  Hon.  CORTLANDT  PARKER,  at  the 
Rink,  on  Friday  night,  and  the  appropriation  of  the  receipts  for  two  days  to 
charitable  institutions  was  a  fit  close  of,  perhaps,  the  grandest  enterprise  ever 
undertaken  by  the  people  of  Newark.  The  benefits  growing  out  of  the  Ex- 
position cannot  be  estimated  now,  as  they  will  probably  continue  to  flow  back 
upon  the  exhibitors  for  years  to  come.  The  strenuous  efforts  of  the  Secretary 
and  the  Board  of  Managers  deserve  the  highest  praise.  It  is  no  disparage- 
ment to  them  to  say  that  to  the  exhibitors  themselves,  without  whose  goods 
no  Exposition  could  have  been  held,  the  success  of  this  splendid  undertaking 
is  mainly  attributed.  Their  names  deserve  to  be  preserved  in  history  as  par- 
ticipators in  an  enterprise  that  has  already  made  Newark  famous  throughout 
the  world. 

It  is  somewhat  remarkable  that  during  the  fifty-four  days  and  nights  which 
the  Exposition  has  been  open,  not  a  single  arrest  has  been  made,  and  there 
has  not  been  the  slightest  cause  for  an  arrest.  No  goods  have  been  damaged 
or  lost.  Though  130,000  persons  have  visited  the  Rink,  and  night  after 
night  immense  crowds  have  assembled,  nothing  has  occurred  to  mar  the 
harmony  of  any  day  or  evening.  While  this  surprising  exhibition  of  good 
conduct  on  the  part  of  our  citizens  has  been  owing  to  their  general  character 
for  peacefulness,  it  is  impossible  to  tell  what  disturbance  might  have  occurred 
from  outside  parties,  had  not  Chief  Glasby  watched  the  building  with  great 
vigilance,  keeping  some  of  his  best  men  there,  and  being  himself  always 
present  at  night  when  crowds  were  passing  in  and  out. 

From  the  New  Jersey  Freie  Zeitung. 

Yesterday  evening,  for  the  last  time,  a  large  assemblage  visited  the  rooms 
in  which  the  products  of  Newark's  Art  and  Industry  were  on  exhibition, 
which  for  nearly  two  months  had  been  the  centre  of  attraction  for  those  who 
felt  for  the  future  welfare  of  their  manufacturing  interests.  In  this  Exhibition 
the  city  of  Newark  has  achieved  an  enviable  prominence  among  her  sister 
cities.  She  has  thus  demonstrated  that  the  name  of  a  "  great  manufacturing 


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city/'  which  she  has  already  borne,  was  no  empty  title,   and  the  beneficial 
effects  upon  its  industries  is  wide-spread  and  lasting. 

f  We  cannot  abstain,  at  the  close  of  this  exhibition,  once  more 
to  give  favorable  notice  to  its  management,  and  especially  to  the  valuable 
services  which  were  so  efficiently  rendered  by  the  Chief  of  Police,  WILLIAM 
B.  GLASBY,  and  his  subordinates,  in  maintaining  order  and  in  guarding  faith- 
fully the  articles  exhibited.  When  we  consider  that  during  a  visit  of  at  least 
130,000  persons,  which  often  occasioned  a  thronging  of  people,  there  never 
occurred  a  disturbance  of  order  and  decorum,  not  a  single  arrest  being  neces- 
sary, and  not  an  article  stolen  or  damaged,  we  deem  this  not  only  as  an  hon- 
orable testimonial  for  the  population  of  our  city,  but  no  less  for  the  efficacy  of 
the  police  regulation. 

We  published  during  the  progress  of  the  exhibition  a  number  of  leaders  in 
which  the  different  branches  of  Newark's  manufacturing  interests  were  in  de- 
tail described,  and  the  great  facilities  of  the  city  for  manufacturing  purposes 
was  thorougly  elucidated. 

Bishop  Odenheimer  and  Newark  Industries. 

When  HORACE  GREELEY  visited  the  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition  he 
contrasted  the  magnificence  of  American  handiwork  now  and  forty  years  ago, 
when  he  first  stood  in  the  streets  of  the  Jersey  Birmingham  •  when' President 
GRANT  stood  within  the  inc!osure  of  the  same  institution,  he  said.  "  Newark 
has  done  well ;"  but  it  was  left  for  another  distinguished  gentleman  to  sav 
something  about  the  Exhibition  itself  which  would  be  of  interest  to  the  people 
and  particularly  to  Newarkers.  This  gentleman  is  the  Eight  Eeverend 
WILLIAM  HENRY  ODENHEIMER,  Episcopal  Bishop  of  New  Jersey,  whose 
deep  interest  for  the  spiritual  welfare  of  his  State  does  not  prevent  him  from 
feeling  a  keen  solicitude  for  its  material  prosperity  as  well.  A  few  days  ago 
this  eminent  divine,  accompaniediby  Kev.  J.  N.  STANSBURY,  of  Christ  Church, 
Newark,  visited  the  Rink,  and  was  so  impressed  with  the  character  of  the 
display,  that  he  has  written  a  communication  as  follows  : 

"Allow  a  non-resident  of  Newark,  but  one  who  takes  a  just  pride  in  the 
progress  of  your  beautiful  ciiy,  to  congratulate  the  community  on  the  success 
of  your  Industrial  Exhibition.  A  visit  of  a  few  hours  under  the  intelligent 
and  critical  direction  of  the  energetic  and  indefatigable  Secretary,  was  quite 
sufficient  to  demonstrate  the  importance  of  this  Exhibition  to  all  classes  in 
Newark.  Capital  and  labor  are  alike  concerned  in  sustaining  and  developing 
this  attempt  to  bring  face  to  face  the  producer  and  the  buyer,  and  to  benefit 
both  alike.  The  superb  specimens  of  skilled  handicraft,  ranging  from  the 
most  delicate  to  the  most  ponderous,  all  displayed  with  remarkable  taste,  must 
place  Newark  workmen  and  workwomen  in  the  first  rank  of  inventive  and 
operative  genius.  Considered  simply  as  a  sample  room,  this  Industrial  Exhi- 
bition will  make  its  permanent  mark  on  the  commercial  interests  of  Newark, 
and,  in  the  best  sense  of  the  phrase,  will  prove  itself  to  be  a  '  mammoth  ad- 
vertiser'  of  its  gifted  mechanics,  and  the  attractive  productions  of  their  rare 
skill.  But,  in  other  points  of  view,  this  Exhibition  must  be  productive  of 
permanent  and  valuable  results  to  the  community.  It  is  not  only  a  sample 
room  for  practical  business  purposes,  but  it  is  also  a  school  of  instruction  for  all 
classes  of  people,  young  and  old.  To  the  young  mechanic  anxious  to  perfect 
himself  not  only  in  the  highest  developments  of  his  own  particular  trade,  but 
also  to  inform  himself  of  the  progress  of  skilled  labor  in  the  other  and  corre- 
lated departments  of  work  ;  to  the  students  in  the  schools  in  Newark  whose 
eyes  should  be  made  familiar  with  the  workmanship  and  productions  con- 
cerning which  they  hear  and  read  ;  to  professional  men,  doctors,  lawyers  and 
clergymen,  who,  in  common  with  all  classes,  ought  to  take  a  leading  interest  in 
the  development  of  the  resources  and  the  maintenance  of  the  fair  fame  of  their 
city  and  State  ;  and  even  to  people  of  leisure  who  desire  to  spend  an  hour,  or 
to  pass  an  evening  amid  pleasant  scenes  that  will  amuse  and  instruct  them, 
the  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition  rooms  afford  a  most  attractive  and  whole- 
some place  of  resort. 

"  This  subject  might  be  pursued  into  still  higher  departments  of  political 
application,  but  the  patience  of  the  reader  must  be  considered.  I  will  only  say 


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that  there  is  high  moral  instruction  to  be  derived  from  a  thoughtful  study  of 
the  beautiful  and  valuable  results  of  patient  toil  and  inventive  genius  dis- 
played in  this  Industrial  Exhibition.  When  one  stands  before  the  machinery 
that  -works  with  mighty  power,  yet  noiselessly,  there  is  suggested  to  the  mind 
how  in  life  and  life's  work  the  noblest  work  for  the  good  of  the  commonwealth 
and  of  the  Church  is  done,  silently  and  without  much  popular  excitement. 
And  when  again,  in  passing  through  the  exhibition,  we  pause  to  notice  the 
thoroughly-trained  workman  as  he  handles  his  complicated  machine  with 
perfect  ease,  and  even  whilst,  you  are  looking  on  completes  some  specimen  of 
his  craft,  there  is  no  one  who  is  toiling  in  the  more  spiritual  departments  of 
labor  who  will  not  take  a  lesson  from  that  gifted  mechanic,  and  seek  to  do  his 
spiritual  work  with  something  of  the  same  freedom  and  ability. 

"  If  any  one  impression  beyond  all  others  was  left  on  my  mind,  after  a  short 
but  deeply  interesting  visit  to  the  Exhibition,  it  was  this — -perfection  of 
Newark  work.  Wherever  I  turned  the  exhibition  of  this  element  of  perfection 
met  my  eye.  The  brazen  padlocks  glittered  like  gold  ;  the  huge  shears  were 
ornamented  as  if  for  simple  beauty ;  the  carriages  and  harness  seemed  as  if 
they  might  have  been  made  for  a  perpetual  show-case.  The  thread  and  silk 
were  attractive  iu  the  variety  of  their  colors  and  in  their  artistic  arrangement. 
The  cutlery  and  the  iron  and  steel  work  of  every  description  were  perfect  in 
their  departments,  even  to  the  arrangement  of  the  objects  in  lines  and  forms  of 
beauty.  Even  the  trunk  department  had  its  beauty,  and  the  perfection  of 
workmanship  was  seen  in  a  trunk  that  could  be  converted,  by  a  very  simple 
process,  into  a  baby's  cradle  and  bath-tub. 

'•The  department  of  waiters,  something  entirely  peculiar  to  a  Newark 
factory,  presented  in  the  style  and  arrangement  of  articles  this  same  token  of 
perfection.  All  around,  in  the  different  cases  and  departments,  there  seemed 
to  me,  a  mere  stranger  and  novice,  the  perfection  of  the  skilled  work  and 
workmen  of  Newark,  and  the  Exhibition  rose  in  my  judgment  from  the 
'sample  room '  and 'the  school  of  instruction '  to  a  p'lace  where  excellent 
moral  teaching  was  to  be  had.  The  great  lesson  which  may  be  learned  from 
every  department  is  this :  '  Whatsoever  the  hand  findeth  to  do.  do  it  with  all 
thy  might.'  But  I  forbear,  and  will  only  suggest  that  the  highest  credit  is 
due  to  all  the  distinguished  gentlemen  who  have  had  a  share  in  this  most 
honorable  municipal  enterprise,  but  especial  acknowledgment  is  due  to  the 
unwearied  energy  and  labor  of  the  Secretary,  whose  thoughts,  day  and  night, 
have  been  freely  given  to  assisting  in  perfecting  this  Exhibition.  He  has 
worked  hard  to  do  that  which  might  benefit  his  native  city  and  develop  her 
magnificent  resources.  If  something  like  the  present  Exhibition  could  become 
a  permanent  institution,  only  increased  in  its  scope,  so  as  to  include  the  manu- 
factures of  other  parts  of  the  State,  that  which  is  now  the  pride  of  Newark 
might  become  the  pride  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  and  help  to  develop  the 
splendid  resources  of  our  noble  commonwealth,  as  rich  in  materials  as  in  men." 
— Newark  Daily  Journal. 

From  the  New  York  Times. 

This  exceedingly  interesting  Exhibition  was  opened  at  the  latter  end  of 
August,  and  is  at  present  in  full  tide  of  success.  New  Yorkers  and  the  United 
States  at  large,  though  familiar  with  the  undoubted  excellence  of  the  Newark 
manufactures,  can  hardly  conceive  of  the  variety  of  goods  turned  out  there. 
With  a  population  of  120,000,  fully  thirty  per  cent,  of  its  inhabitants  devote 
their  attention  to  manufactures.  It  produces  no  less  than  1,000  different  arti- 
cles, representing  312  distinct  branches  of  trade.  For  its  population  it  is 
undoubtedly  the  largest  manufacturing  centre  in  the  United  States.  The 
trunk  you  travel  with  is,  nine  cases  out  often,  of  Newark  manufacture ;  the 
hat  you  wear  was  made  there,  the  buttons  on  your  coat,  the  shirt  on  your 
back,  your  brush,  the  tinware  you  use  in  your  kitchen,  the  oil-cloth  you 
walk  on,  the  harness  and  bit  you  drive  with,  all  owe  to  Newark  their  origin ; 
and  as  to  your  wife's  chain,  bracelets,  ear  rings  and  pendants,  they  have  been 
fashioned  by  some  cunning  Newark  goldsmith.  The  Industrial  Exhibition, 
situated  on  Washington  and  Court  streets,  has  for  its  central  building  the 
Rink,  with  two  large  additions  on  each  side,  covering  a  total  area  of  over 
50,000  square  feet.  The  arrangement  of  the  various  departments  is  well 


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planned,  and  every  object  can  be  seen  in  detail.  A  fifty-horse  engine,  from 
the  I 'assaic  Machine  Works,  runs  the  shafting  in  the  main  building,  and 
alongside  of  it,  as  if  in  contrast  with  its  sturdy  yet  silent  motion,  puffs  away  a 
little  two  horse  baby  Baxter,  which,  consuming  but  sixty  pounds  of  coal,  is 
capable  of  running  exactly  as  many  sewing-machines  as  it  burns  up  pounds 
of  coal.  The  display  of  machinery  is  excellent  ;  noticeable  among  them  is  one 
which  winds  the  thread  on  spools,  cuts  it  off  at  the  proper  length,  makes  a 
slit  in  the  spool,  secures  the  thread  there,  and  accomplishes  everything  by 
that  curious  automatic  power  which  makes  an  observer  think  hands  are 
almost  superfluous.  It  is,  however,  in  harness  and  the  hardware  belonging 
to  this  branch  of  business,  and  to  carriage-making,  that  Newark  excels. 
Here  are  displayed  all  the  varieties  of  bits  used  in  America,  from  the  polished 
steel  bit  for  the  race-horse,  to  the  powerful  but  torturing  device  which  curbs  in 
the  mustang.  The  display  of  hard  rubber  harness  trimmings  is  exceedingly 
beautiful,  and  we  should  think  in  time  would  take  the  place  of  leather-cov- 
ered articles.  In  glazed  and  enameled  leathers,  Newark's  superiority  over  all 
competitors  is  fully  shown.  In  articles  of  hardware,  such  as  knives,  saws, 
tools  of  every  description,  for  carpenters,  machinists,  leather  workers,  curriers, 
the  articles  exhibited  are  innumerable.  If  in  the  dry  goods  department  the 
specimens  shown  were  rather  limited,  certain  woven  shawls  of  brilliant  colors 
and  fine  texture  were  to  be  admired.  Newark  has  almost  the  monopoly  of 
extracting  from  the  waste  of  jewelers,  from  their  sweepings,  from  the  water 
the  workmen  wash  their  hands  in,  the  precious  metals,  and  the  Committee 
have  very  wisely,  whenever  the  opportunity  presented  itself,  induced  their 
contributors  to  show  their  niethods  of  treating  the  raw  material,  through  all 
its  various  stages.  It  was  interesting  to  see  the  various  phases  throuiih 
which  something  in  which  gold  could  scarcely  be  suspected,  when  cleared  at 
last  of  its  superfluous  substances,  giving  for  resull  a  small  globule  of  gold  or 
silver.  There  are  several  products  which  Newark  manufactures  alone, 
among  which  is  a  peculiar  make  of  paper,  having  quite  the  appearance  and 
strength  of  leather.  The  carriages  exhibited  are  worthy  of  more  than  a  pass- 
ing comment,  notably  a  handsome  coupe  built  by  Leverich  &  Enders.  The 
collection  of  silver  and  plated  ware  is  excellent.  The  lapidary's  art,  a  novel 
one  in  the  United  States,  at  least  in  its  finer  branches,  is  displayed  in  all  its 
excellence.  It  must  be  a  source  of  congratulation  to  the  officers  of  the  enter- 
prise that,  originating  but  a  few  months  ago  the  conception  of  an  Industrial 
Exhibition,  their  success  has  been  so  complete.  Starting  first  with  the  idea 
that  the  Rink  alone  would  suffice  for  their  wants,  the  500  contributors  soon 
obliged  them  to  have  more  space.  Over  100,000  persons  have  already  at- 
tended the  Exhibition. 


From  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser. 

The  Grand  Concert  of  Newark's  best  and  sweetest  singers,  at  the  Rink. 
drew  together  an  immense  multitude  of  the  best  of  our  population.  It  is  esti- 
mated that  more  than  eight  thousand  people  were  present.  The  people 
streamed  in  at  all  of  the  doors  for  more  than  an  hour,  till  every  part  of  the 
buildings  was  crowded  eo  that  it  was  difficult  to  pass  from  one  department  to 
another.  Many  went  away,  unable  to  gain  admittance. 

The  following  well-selected  programme,  by  over  one  hundred  performers, 
under  the  leadership  of  T.  8.  MOKRELL,  Esq.,  was  excellently  rendered,  and 
highly  appreciated  by  the  delighted  audience  : 

1.  Gloria,  12th  Mass,        -  -     Mozart. 

2.  The  Heart  Bowed  Down,  Balfe. 

Mr.  Fred.  Jones. 

3.  The  Marvelous  Work,  ....  .     Haydn. 

4.  Song, — Ye  Merry  Birds,    -        -  -  Gumbert. 

Madam  Bouligny. 

5.  The  Heavens  are  Telling,      -         -         -         -  -     Haydn. 

6.  Song,— Once  Again, Sullivan. 

Mrs.  Grashof. 


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7.  La  Favorita  Morceaux  De  Concert,  Piano,    - 

Madam  Fernandez. 

8.  Then  You'll  Remember  Me, Balfe. 

Mr.  D.  P.  Hughes. 

9.  Te  Deuin. ...     Carozzi. 

Madam  Bouligny.  Mrs.  Grashof,  Messrs.  Hughes  and  Jones. 

10.  Inflammatiis.  Rossini. 

Obligate  Solo,  Madam  Bouligny. 

Those  who  have  visited  the  Rink  nightly  found  new  objects  to  admire, 
while  those  who  came  for  the  first  time  were  almost  bewildered  by  the  sight. 
While  from  the  orchestra  the  voices  of  the  singers  were  heard,  from  the 
hearts  of  the  people  came  up  a  responsive  chorus,  and  this  is  the  song  they 
sung : 

Now  glory  to  workingmen,  whose  cunning  hands  to-day 

Have  wrought  the  wondrous  things  we  see  spread  out  in  grand  array  ; 

Not  as  of  old  the  conqueror  came  with  blood-bought  tiophies  deck'd 

Appears  this  scene,  the  wealth  of  skill  of  many  an  architect. 

For  freemen's  hands  have  forged  the  iron  and  worked  the  shining  gold, 

In  wood  and  leather,  glass  and  brass,  each  labored  to  unfold 

Some  different  fabric,  deftly  planned,  and  fair  and  useful  too ; 

And  each  has  fairly  triumphed — builded  better  than  he  knew. 

For  this  was  the  triumph  of  the  thousands  of  men,  women  and  children 
who  each  morning  inarch  through  our  streets  to  the  sound  of  the  screaming 
whistle  and  the  notes  of  the  deep-toned  bell.  For  this  the  anvil  chorus  rang, 
spindles  have  hummed,  all  kinds  of  intricate  machinery  performed  their  work, 
the  forge  fires  gleamed,  the  wheel  of  the  lapidary  whirled,  and  the  busy  hand 
of  the  furnisher  plied  his  task.  Even  the  dowers,  the  shells  of  the  ocean  and 
the  living  waters  have  been  brought  in  to  make  the  place  a  palace  beautiful. 
The  very  apparel  of  .the  vast  audience  was  one  of  the  best  exhibitions  of 
Newark" industry.  Many  of  the  best  fabrics  were  made  by  those  who  toil  and 
spin  in  our  city.  And  busy  indeed  were  the  hands  that  shaped  and  stitched 
and  ruffled  these  beautiful  garments. 

No  object  in  the  building  escaped  the  closest  attention.  It  was  gratifying 
to  see  that  thus  the  useful  as  well  as  the  beautiful  things  were  duly  appreci- 
ated. At  no  time  during  the  evening  was  the  machinery  department  without 
its  crowd.  One  of  the  prettiest  and  most  admired  things  in  the  building, 
aside  from  the  fine  display  of  JAMES  M  DURAND  &  Co.'s  case  of  diamonds 
and  exquisitely  fine  jewelry,  valued  at  some  $120,000,  was  a  case  of  silk 
thread  on  spools,  placed  on  exhibition  yesterday  by  the  Singer  Manufacturing 
Company.  The  goods  are  valued  at  $^,500.  The  case  is  of  black  walnut, 
made  in  the  form  of  a  pavilion,  the  pillars  of  which  are  of  different  colored 
spools  arranged  in  octagonal  form.  Every  layer  of  spools  is  of  a  different 
shade.  In  the  centre  is  a  pedestal  of  spools  eighteen  inches  in  diameter,  and 
over  this  is  a  cone  surmounted  by  a  vase. 

The  manufacture  of  machine  sewing  silks  is  growing  to  be  an  immense 
business  in  Newark.  The  cocoons  are  raised  in  California,  and  shipped  to 
the  silk-growing  countries  of  Europe  to  mature.  The  fibre  is  then  wound  off 
and  the  raw  silk  sent  to  this  country.  In  the  case  on  exhibition  are  shown 
specimens  of  silk  in  different  stages  of  manufacture.  The  Clark  Thread 
Company  are  similarly  represented,  together  with  an  automatic  spooling 
machine  in  motion,  and  the  many  other  works  of  industry  worthy  of  special 
note  will  appear  hereafter. 

From  the  New  York  Tribune. 

Newark,  almost  a  ward  of  New  York,  has  undertaken  an  enterprise  which 
we  believe  has  no  precedent  in  American  history.  It  is  an  Industrial  Expo- 
sition of  the  manufactures  of  a  single  town  only.  Even  the  sister  city,  Pat- 
erson.  is  forbidden  to  exhibit.  It  is  simply  a"n  exhibition  of  what  Newark 
alone  can  do.  The  whole  plan  is  unique.  What  is  made,  not  what  is  grown, 
in  the  city  of  Newark  is  the  sole  qualification  for  exhibition.  The  exhibitors 


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pay  no  entry  fee  and  secure  free  admission,  and  the  whole  of  the  50,000 
square  feet  of  ground  floor  is  crowded  with  articles,  even  the  galleries  having 
been  invaded.  During  the  day  the  place  can  be  visited  comfortable.  At 
night  immense  crowds  attend,  and  the  spectator  sees  more  of  the  people  than 
of  the  articles  exhibited.  To  our  Southern  and  Western  tradesmen  espe- 
cially, who  are  now  in  New  York  for  the  Fall  trade,  this  show  will  be  ex- 
tremely interesting.  Some  three  hundred  different  styles  of  manufactures  an- 
on exhibition,  many  of  them  beautiful,  and  all  of  them  useful.  As  a  display 
of  what  a  single  city  can  do  in  the  way  of  manufactures,  the  Newark  Exposi- 
on  is  certainly  a  remarkable  success. 

From  the  Harness  and  Carriage  Journal. 

The  efforts  being  made  by  the  manufacturing  interests  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  to 
get  up  an  exhibition  exclusively  of  home  productions  are  likely  to  meet  with 
success.  The  large  Rink  has  been  secured,  and  two  additional  buildings, 
having  about  15.000  square  feet  of  floor,  are  being  erected.  * 
This  is  the  first  instance  in  the  history  of  our  country  where  an  Exhibition 
has  been  limited  to  the  productions  of  any  one  city,  and  its  success  will  mark 
a  new  era  in  industrial  fairs.  The  scheme  has  been  deemed  visionary  by 
many  unacquainted  with  the  mechanical  productions  of  Newark,  but  they 
have  already  changed  their  views,  while  those  not  residing  in  that  city  will 
soon  have  an  opportunity  to  learn  how  little  they  knew  of  its  industrial 
interests. 

There  are  very  few  who  have  a  correct  idea  as  to  the  range  of  the  manufac- 
turing interests  of  Newark.  *  *  *  Every  article  entering  into  the 
construction  of  harness  or  carriages,  as  well  as  the  vehicles  and  harness  them- 
selves, will  be  exhibited,  the  management  having  wisely  determined  to  devote 
ample  space  for  a  display  of  this  kind,  which,  on  account  of  the  room  required, 
is  often  prohibited  in  Industrial  Exhibitions,  and  we  hope  all  interested  in  the 
production  of  these  articles  will  embrace  the  opportunity  to  see  a  display  that 
will  probably  surpass  any  similar  one  ever  made  in  this  country.  We  give 
below  the  names  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  all  ranking  among  the  most  en- 
terprising of  Newark's  business  men,  many  of  whom  are  well  known  to  the 
harness  and  carriage  trades  throughout  the"  country,  and  whose  names  are  a 
guarantee  of  the  success  of  the  enterprise. 

From  the  Springfield  [Mass.]  Union. 

The  manufacturers  of  the  city  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  propose  to  hold  in  that 
city  an  exhibition  of  their  products  ;  said  exhibition  to  open  on  the  20th  of 
August,  and  continue  several  weeks.  Newark,  with  its  population  of  115,000, 
is  engaged  in  a  greater  variety  of  manufactures  ih&n  any  other  city  of  equal 
size  in  the  United  States.  There  is  scarcely  any  species  of  human  handicraft 
which  is  not  represented  there.  The  time  selected  for  the  Exhibition  is  that 
at  which  buyers  from  all  parts  of  the  country  are  in  the  metropolis  purchasing 
their  Fall  and  Winter  stocks.  The  Exhibition,  should  it  prove  successful, 
will  be  annually  repeated.  There  will  be  no  awards  of  premiums  or  medals, 
the  advertisement  of  the  industries  of  Newark  being  the  only  object  of  the 
Exhibition.  We  have  enlarged  to  this  extent,  because  we  welcome  the  exam- 
ple of  Newark  as  one  which  should  be  widely  followed  by  the  manufacturing 
cities  of  this  country.  Nothing  tends  so  much  to  encourage  invention,  to 
spread  the  knowledge  of  improvements,  and  thus  stimulate  trade  and  manu- 
facture, as  these  great  Industrial  pageants.  They  are  the  modern  substitute 
for  the  fairs  of  our  ancestors,  and  are  destined  to  play  a  part  not  less  import- 
ant, in  modern  mercantile  and  manufacturing  development. 

From  the  Iron  Age. 

The  Exhibition  now  in  progress  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  is  in  all  respects  one  of 
which  the  people  of  that  enterprising  city  have  good  reason  to  be  proud.  The 
opening  exercises  were  held  on  Tuesday  evening  in  the  presence  of  a  large 
company  of  exhibitors  and  visitors.  The  articles  displayed  are  in  such 


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variety,  and  the  commodious  buildings  prepared  for  the  Exhibition  are  so  well 
filled,  that  a  description,  to  do  justice  to  the  subject,  would  require  a  great 
deal  more  space  than  is  now  at  our  command.  The  iron  manufactures  of  the 
city,  of  which  we  hope  to  speak  at  greater  length  in  a  future  issue,  are  well 
represented,  and  the  goods  shown  will  compare  favorably  with  the  best  of 
them  elsewhere  produced. 

From  the  Coal  and  Iron  Record. 

On  Tuesday  last  we  visited  our  sister  city  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  for  the  purpose, 
of  inspecting" her  first  attempt  to  inaugurate  an  annual  Exposition  of  her 
industrial  products,  and  was  greatly  surprised  at  the  extent  and  completeness 
of  the  expose,  indicating  that  those  who  have  had  matters  in  charge  were  no 
boys  at  the  business,  but  experienced  hands.  We  were  received  by  the 
worthy  Secretary  of  the  Exhibition,  who  took  us  in  charge.  A  little  time 
was  spent  in  desultory  conversation  in  the  "Press  Koom,"  a  neatly-fitted  up 
apartment  designed  especially  for  the  use  of  "  the  Press ;"  and  where  are 
kept  on  file  THE  COAL  AND  IRON  RECORD  and  the  principal  papers  devoted 
to  industrial  affairs.  There  is  also  accommodation  for  writing  etc.,  which  is  a 
capital  idea,  and  one  that  will  be  found  to  be  well  appreciated.  We  were  next 
conducted  to  a  neatly-fitted  up  and  apparently  well-conducted  restaurant  on 
the  premises.  Everything  here  was  scrupulously  clean,  and  the  attendants 
very  attentive  and  polite.  In  any  enterprise  with  which  there  are  culinary 
matters  in  any  wise  connected,  be  it  hotel,  steamer,  excursion  or  fair,  the 
general  character  and  popularity  of  them  seems  to  be  determined  by  what  is 
given  the  guest  to  eat,  and  whether  or  not  it  is  well  prepared  and  properly 
served  ;  and  it  is  generally  until  after  the  first  meal  that  we  reserve  our  de- 
cision as  to  whether  it  is  a  "  hog-pen  or  hotel ;"  and  to  the  American,  always 
lean,  lank  and  hungry,  this  department  is  likely  to  be  his  guide.  It  is  a  fact, 
that  where  proper  care  is  given  to  culinary  matters,  the  balance  of  the  ''  bill 
of  fare  "  is  not  apt  to  be  a  whit  behind  time  ;  and  thus,  we  are  pleased  to  say, 
we  found  it  here.  We  were  a  little  early  in  the  Exhibition  to  give  a  detailed 
report  yet.  The  various  machines  have  not  yet  got  in  running  order,  as  well 
as  many  other  exhibitors  being  engaged  in  arranging  their  wares.  We  have 
several  times  called  attention  to  this  tardiness  on  the  part  of  exhibitors  in  not 
being  ready  for  visitors  on  the  opening  day.  It  is  a  great  injustice  to  those 
who  patrorrze  and  pay  a  full  admission  price  the  first  week  or  two  of  the 
fairs.  The  fact  is  becoming  notorious,  too,  so  much  so  that  you  can  scarcely 
get  the  public  to  come  to  any  of  these  fairs  for  the  first  two  or  three  weeks 
after  their  opening.  These  tardy  exhibitors  should  be  noted,  and  when 
premiums  are  given  out,  the  fact  should  be  remembered ;  and,  in  future  years, 
they  sliould,  when  applying  for  space,  be  given  a  back  seat,  where  their  late 
arrival  will  not  inconvenience  or  disturb  any  one.  A  hasty  run  through  the 
various  departments  of  the  Newark  Exposition,  convinces  us  that  it  is  inau- 
gurated under  extraordinarily  favorable  circumstances,  and  Newark  should 
be  proud  of  her  new-born  child.  The  departments  are  artistically  grouped, 
and  the  whole  is  arranged  with  due  regard  for  the  convenience,  comfort  and 
pleasure  of  visitors.  We  observed  a  total  absence  of  all  street  vending  side 
shows,  shooting  galleries  and  whiskey  holes,  innovations  which  have  been 
allowed  in  our  Industrial  Exhibitions  of  late  years,  either  from  a  fondness  of 
the  management  for  such  things,  or  too  great  greed  for  gain,  or  both. 

As  we  before  remarked,  we  have  space  this  week  only  for  these  few  pre- 
liminary remarks,  and  shall  reserve  the  major  part  of  our  story  till  next 
week.  There  is  the  usual  display  of  engines,  boilers,  pumps,  wood  and  iron 
working  machinery,  tools,  agricultural  implements,  carriages,  pianos,  pic- 
tures, minerals,  jewelry,  saddlery,  and  what  not.  The  entrance  fee  is  only 
thirty  cents,  and  even  in  its  present  unsettled  state  the  Exhibition  is  well 
worth  the  price.  This  is  Newark's  first  attempt,  and  we  believe  the  first  at- 
tempt made  by  any  city  to  hold  an  Exhibition  exclusively  of  its  own  manu- 
factures ;  but  we  know  of  no  other  city  of  which  we  expect  so  much,  and  one 
so  fully  capable  of  carrying  it  out.  Newark  has  about  115,000  inhabitants  ; 
every  one  of  which  should  visit  this  Exhibition  once  at  least,  if  only  to  give 
that  moral  support  all  new  public  enterprises  should  have  by  way  of  encour- 
ment  for  ''  better  and  nobler  deeds  "  hereafter.  The  Exhibition  is  held  in  the 


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Rink,  to  which  has  been  added  22,000  square  feet  of  adjoining  ground,  which 
allows  ample  room  and  opportunity  for  excellent  display.  It  is  easy  of  access 
from  all  parts  of  the  city  by  horse-cars,  and  can  be  read'ily  reached  from  New 
York  any  hour  in  the  day  from  foot  of  Liberty  or  Barclay  streets.  We  hope 
the  management  will  be  greeted  with  a  full  attendance  every  day  until  the 
time  of  closing,  that  the  enterprise  may  be  recorded  as  a  success  financially 
from  the  start,  which  is  not  usually  the  case  with  undertakings  of  this 
character. 

From  the  Manufacturers'  Gazette,  Newark. 

The  few  determined  individuals  who  inaugurated  the  meeting  of  manufac- 
turers at  Library  Hall,  on  April  3d,  1872,  for  the  purpose  of  considering  the 
practicability  of  "the  holding  of  an  Exposition  confined  exclusively  to  articles 
of  Newark  manufacture,  and  who,  in  the  face  of  lukewarmness,  and  of  direct 
opposition,  have  carried  the  project  to  asucceFsful  and  triumphant  conclusion, 
have  reason  to  be  proud  of  the  success  of  the  Newark  Industrial  Exposition. 

Through  it  Newark  is,  to-day,  more  celebrated  as  a  Great  Manufacturing 
Centre  than  any  other  city  in  the  Union,  and  no  one  knows  better  than  does 
the  indefatigable  Secretary  of  the  Exposition,  the  amount  of  labor  required  to 
bring  the  enterprise  through  the  "slough  of  despond,"  up  "  the  hill  of  diffi- 
culty," to  the  final  consummation  of  the  Pilgrim's  Progress  in  the  triumphant 
success  of  the  enterprise. 

The  Newark  Exposition  is  particularly  noticeable  by  reason  of  its  being  the 
first  instance  in  which  any  city  of  the  United  States  has  attempted  a  display 
confined  exclusively  to  its  o'wn  manufacturers,  no  articles  being  received 
from  any  other  quarter. 

The  entries  of  goods  have  gradually  increased  from  day  to  day,  until  all  the 
available  space  is  now  occupied,  the  number  of  exhibitors  reaching  over  500. 
No  restriction  as  to  time  of  entry  was  made,  and  undoubtedly  many  who  came 
in  at  the  eleventh  hour,  did  so  from  the  display  already  made  by  their  more 
enterprising  neighbors. 

The  time  for  the  final  closing  of  the  Exposition  has  been  fixed  for  the  9th 
of  October,  but  we  trust  that  before  that  day  arrives  measures  will  be  renewed 
to  establish  a  permanent  institution,  with  a  good  working  capital.  The 
beneficial  results  of  the  present  experiment  have  been  so  manifest  to  all,  that 
we  cannot  believe  our  manufacturers  and  business  men  generally  will  hesitate 
to  improve  the  opportunity.  Let  us  hope  that  the  establishment  of  what  we 
would  like  to  see  named  the  "  SETH  BOYDEN  INSTITUTE,"  may  not  be  far 
distant.  Let  it  be  an  Institute  which  shall  furnish  free  instruction  to  appren- 
tices in  mechanical  drawing,  and  coincident  branches  of  instruction,  with  a 
library  and  reading-room,  lectures,  &c.  The  expense  of  such  an  institution 
would  be  more  than  returned  in  the  increased  value  of  the  apprentice  to  the 
employer,  by  reason  of  the  advantages  afforded  for  acquiring  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  elements  which  help  to  make  the  finished  workman. 

Such  an  Institute  might  embrace  a  sample-room  for  our  manufacturers, 
from  which  the  visiting  purchaser  could  make  up  his  list  of  goods  required, 
and  with  a  first-class  man  as  general  manager,  such  as  the  Secretary  has 
shown  himself  to  be,  we  conceive  that  the  benefit  to  our  manufacturers  would 
be  beyond  calculation. 


A  record  of  the  Exhibition  of  1872  would  not  be  complete 
without  reference  to  the  distinguished  persons  who  have  honored 
it  by  their  presence  :  still  a  complete  list  of  all  cannot  be  given. 
On  Tuesday,  September  10th,  Gen.  THOS.  B.  VAX  BUREN, 
I'nited  States  Commissioner  to  Vienna,  paid  a  visit  in  his  offi- 
cial capacity.  After  a  most  thorough  examination  of  the  various 
departments,  accompanied  by  the  President,  Gov.  WARD,  and 
Board  of  Managers,  they  assembled  in  the  Managers'  rooms,  and 
Gen.  VAN  BUREN  made  an  address,  the  substance  of  which  was 
as  follows  : 

After  declaring  that  he  was  exceedingly  astonished  at  the  immense  display 
of  mechanical  wonders  in  the  buildings,  and  the  grandeur  and  extent  of  the 
undertaking,  he  said  that  a  visitor  at  the  Exhibition  must  form  a  wonderful 
idea  of  the  extent  of  Newark's  industries  from  what  they  saw  in  the  buildings. 
If  any  one  wonders  at  the  extent  of  the  display,  they  should  remember  that 
only  about  one-third,  and  certainly  not  over  one-half  of  the  manufacturers  of 
this  city  are  represented  at  the  Rink.  He  had  been  so  dazzled  with  the  beau- 
tiful things  that  he  had  seen  in  the  short  time  that  he  had  spent  in  the  various 
departments,  that  he  feared  his  head  would  be  filled  for  some  days  with  visions 
of  carriages,  harness  and  revolving  mechanical  inventions.  It  was  a  pleas- 
ant occasion  to  him,  as  he  was  completely  wrapped  up  in  the  industries  of 
this  State,  as  was  natural,  since  he  had  been  a  lover  of  industry  from  boy- 
hood. 

The  subject  of  exhibitions  was  an  interesting  one  to  all  peoples,  and  the 
display  of  Newark's  manufacturers  naturally  strikes  the  spectators  with 
amazement  and  surprise.  Europeans  have  no  conception  of  American  indus- 
tries as  exhibited  here.  If  the  people  of  Europe  could  go  through  the  hall, 
and  view  the  samples  of  work  here  shown,  they  would  be  amazed  at  the  per- 
fection of  American  mechanism  ;  they  would  be  astounded  at  the  extent  of 
the  productions  of  one  single  city  of  this  country.  Newark  has  reached  the 
highest  top  of  excellence  iii  manufactures,  but  when  Europeans  realize  that 
Newark — that  New  Jersey — is  only  a  minute  atom  of  America,  what  an  idea 
they  must  form  of  this  great  country!  All  the  yearly  emigration  to  this 
country,  numbering  over  50,00(1,  all  but  a  trifle  of  which  is  self-sustaining, 
being  composed  of  artisans,  mechanics  and  other  tradesmen,  is  enriching  and 
adding  to  the  mechanical  reputation  of  the  country.  They  come  from  all 
lands,  and  when  the  samples  of  our  industries  are  displayed  in  Vienna  the 
effect  on  the  Austrians.  the  French,  and  all  Europeans  who  visit  the  World's 
Fail'  must  be  great  and  useful.  The  people  of  Austria,  the  speaker  declared, 
were  dying  to  ascertain  advices  concerning  our  manufactures  and  resources. 
Therefore  he  held  that  all  Americans  should  be  proud  to  send  samples  of  their 
manufactures  to  Vienna  in  order  to  educate  the  Austrians.  Many  Americans 
object  to  sending  their  goods  to  the  World's  Fair,  because,  they  say,  that  the 
Europeans  can  make  the  same  articles  cheaper,  and  that,  secondly,  American 
patents  are  not  protected  in  Europe,  and  that  the  foreigners  would  copy  our 
inventions.  To  these  objections  he  would  say  that  it  was  true  that  some 
things  could  be  made  and  sold  cheaper  in  Europe  than  here,  but  Americans 
make  things  they  cannot  make.  There  is  also  ingeniously  constructed  ma- 
chinery in  "America  that  Europeans  know  nothing  about.  The  General  here 


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spoke  of  the  opposition  that  at  one  time  existed  to  labor-saving  machines. 
That  has  all  died  away,  as  each  invention  produces  a  half-a-dozen  other  in- 
dustries, and  the  people,  realizing  this,  are  proud  of  each  mechanical  produc- 
tion. 

Hungary  is  waking  up  to  a  realization  of  the  necessities  of  agriculture,  but 
in  Greece,  Rome  and  other  places,  nothing  new  has  been  learned,  and  it  is  the 
duty  of  Americans  to  give  them  an  idea  of  the  power  of  mechanical  aid.  The 
coming  World's  Fair  is  a  great  institution,  said  the  speaker ;  it  is  not  a  great 
baby  show.  It  is  an  educational  institution.  It  will  be  a  great  aid  in  estab- 
lishing a  lasting  peace  between  nations. 

Ministers  and  titled  gentlemen  from  all  nations  are  sent  as  commissioners 
to  it.  I  am  the  only  one  that  bears  no  title,  but  I  go  there  as  a  king,  because 
I  am  a  representative  of  freedom.  [Cheers.]  I  am  proud  of  the  public 
schools  of  this  country,  and  a  model  school  from  America  will  be  exhibited  at 
the  fair,  and  circulars  will  be  sent  to  all  the  Governors  of  States,  requesting 
copies  of  the  school  books  used  in  their  State  schools,  so  that  the  Austrians 
can  form  an  idea  of  our  schools.  The  great  aim  of  the  Exposition  is  to  edu- 
cate the  Europeans,  as  many  of  them  will,  in  time,  become  citizens  of  this 
country.  Newarkers  should  exhibit  machinery  at  the  World's  Fair,  so  that 
when  people  see  the  samples  there  they  will  ask,  "  Where  did  these  come 
from  ?"  "  From  Newark,  New  Jersey,"  will  be  the  reply,  and  Newark  will 
be  thus  advertised,  and  in  time  true  questioners  will  come  to  this  country — to 
Newark — educated  by  our  public  school  system,  perhaps,  and  dazzled  by  the 
fame  of  our  manufactures.  Congress,  the  speaker  said,  had  made  no  appro- 
priation for  paying  the  commissioners  from  this  country,  and  they  would  have 
to  pay  their  own  expenses  ;  but  contributors  to  the  Exposition  should  keep 
receipts  for  their  expenses,  and,  no  doubt,  Congress  would  make  an  appropri- 
ation to  pay  them  back.  Freights  will  be  reduced  one-half,  and  men  will  be 
appointed  to  watch  all  goods  from  this  country  free  of  cost. 

In  conclusion,  the  General  described  the  Palace  of  Industry  at  Vienna.  The 
main  building  is  3.000  feet  long,  82  feet  wide.  It  has  32  transepts,  running 
at  right  angles  from  it,  which  are  each  247  feet  long  and  50  feet  wide.  Each 
transept  will  represent  a  country  or  nation.  America  has  the  part  near  the 
city  of  Vienna,  and  therefore  visitors  to  the  building  must  pass  through  the 
American  Exhibition  the  first  and  there  see  Yankee  industry.  The  central 
rotunda  has  iron  columns,  80  feet  in  length  ;  the  roof  is  one  unbroken  span  of 
354  feet  from  pillar  to  pillar,  and  from  the  floor  to  the  summit  is  a  distance  of 
250  feet,  thus  making  the  greatest  building  ever  seen.  The  machine  hall  is 
2,600  feet  long,  l.r>0  feet  wide,  and  has  one  line  of  tracks  for  large  machinery 
and  two  for  small. 

In  closing,  Gen.  VAN  BUREN  said  he  was  proud  of  being  a  Jerseyman,  and 
was  also  proud  of  Newark's  Exhibition,  which  he  declared  equal  to  the 
American  Institute  in  New  York. 

Monday  evening,  September  17th,  Hon.  HORACE  GREELEY, 
then  a  candidate  for  the  Presidency,  also  honored  the  Exhibition 
by  his  presence.  The  vast  audience  that  assembled,  and  the 
scenes  of  that  night,  have  become  more  deeply  impressed  upon 
the  minds  of  our  citizens  by  reason  of  his  sudden  death.  Mr. 
GREELEY,  accompanied  by  ex-Gov.  WARD  and  the  Managers, 
inspected  the  various  articles  on  exhibition,  and  after  a  thorough 
examination,  the  distinguished  guest  was  conducted  to  a  platform 
at  the  west  end  of  the  Kink,  whence  he  delivered  the  following 
address : 

LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN  :  It  would  be  utterly  impossible  for  one-tenth  of 
this  vast  audience  to  hear,  and  I  would  suggest  to  those  who  cannot  hear  to 
move  quietly  away  and  thus  secure  more  silence  to  those  who  wish  to  hear. 
On  an  occasion  like  this— the  first,  I  believe,  in  the  world  of  an  industrial  fair 


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in  a  city  made  up  of  that  city's  manufactures  alone — it  is  natural  for  those  of 
us  who  are  growing  old  to  recall  the  valuable  reminiscences  of  our  younger 
days,  and  view  the  improvements  that  have  been  made  since  then.  It  is  now 
forty  years  since  I  first  strolled  in  the  streets  of  Newark.  I  had  come  here 
from  New  York  to  attend  the  dedication  of  the  first  Universalist  Church,  and 
succeeded  in  reaching  Newark  on  Sunday  only  by  going  afoot.  I  found  it 
then  a  smart,  rather  struggling  but  busy  village  (on  week  days)  of  about  ten 
thousand  inhabitants — one-twelfth  of  its  present  population — and  bearing  about 
the  same  characteristics  it  now  does.  Forty  years  ago  no  great  steamships 
crossed  the  ocean  as  now.  One.  possibly  two,  had  made  the  voyage,  but  in 
the  main,  intercourse  with  the  Old  World  was  carried  on  by  sailing  vessels, 
taking  up  five  or  six  weeks  on  the  passage.  New  York  was  five  weeks  from 
Liverpool 


Liverpool  in  the  Summer  time  and  in  the  Winter  more.  Europe  was  practi 
cally  further  away  than  Africa  is  now,  and  intercourse  with  Europe  then  was 
not  much  more  regular  than  it  is  with  Africa  now.  There  were  a  few  canals 
in  the  country  then.  The  Erie  and  the  Champlain  Avere  the  pioneers,  and 
were  the  most  important  avenues  of  communication  in  the  country.  The  Erie 
Canal  then  was  a  fanner's  ditch  compared  with  the  Erie  Canal  now.  The 
Delaware  Canal,  I  believe,  had  not  yet  been  completed.  In  the  whole  United 
States  there  were  somewhere  between  fifty  and  one  hundred  miles  of  railroad. 
The  mails,  where  steamboats  were  not  available,  were  carried  in  stage 
coaches  and  on  horseback,  traveling  thus  some  sixty  miles  a  day.  Boston 
and  Washington  were  then  several  days  from  New  York.  To-day  our  steam- 
boats ply  in  all  our  navigable  rivers,  we  have  50,000  miles  of  railroads,  an 
extent  e'qual  to  all  others  in  the  world  combined,  costing  not  less  than  $2,500,- 
000,000,  not  counting  the  amounts  stolen,  and  aggregating  a  value  exceeding 
our  national  debt.  The  population  of  the  United  States  then  was  not  quite 
fourteen  millions,  one-third  of  the  present  amount.  Our  wealth  has  increased 
in  larger  proportion  than  our  population,  and  our  country  can  produce  now 
six  times  what  it  could  forty  years  ago.  Not  a  mile  of  telegraph  was  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth  then.. 'The  idea  of  sending  messages  by  electricity  had 
scarcely  entered  the  brain  of  the  visionary.  Some  years  after  my  first  visit 
here  Professor  SAMUEL  F.  B.  MORSE  invited  me,  with  several  other  gentle- 
men, to  witness  the  fact  that  messages  could  be  transmitted  ten  miles  and  an 
answer  could  be  returned.  Telegraphs  have  been  the  product  of  the  last 
thirty  years.  The  world  is  now  girdled  by  electric  wires,  and  intelligence 
flashes  across  continents  and  under  seas.  Pekin,  Stamboul,  Vienna,  London, 
flash  their  intelligence  daily  to  our  doors,  and  the  newspapers  spread  before 
you  every  day  a^nirror  of  the  casualties,  the  revolutions,  the  catastrophes  of 
the  day  before  in  every  distant  city  .of  the  globe.  By  means  of  the  telegraph 
the  world  is  becoming  one  commonwealth.  What  is  known  in  one  land  is 
known  almost  simultaneously  in  all  others,  and  the  interests,  aspirations  and 
conceptions  of  the  people  of  all  countries  are  becoming  closely  interwoven. 
Agricultural  industry  forty  years  ago  was  rude  and  simple.  The  American 
farmer  with  $200  invested  in  farm  implements  then  was  well -to-do  among  his 
neighbors.  Now  $2,000  are  required  for  the  same  relative  use.  The  work- 
shops of  to-day  are  assisting  the  farmer,  lightening  his  toil,  and  every  year 
sees  this  process  go  on.  To-day  steam  is  toiling  in  shop  and  mill,  taking  the 
place  of  human  sweat,  and  can  it  be  doubted  that  to-morrow  the  field  as'well 
as  the  workshop  will  resound  to  the  snorting  of  engines.  The  question  is 
only  one  of  time.  This  Rink  will  doubtless  within  ten  years  be  the  scene  of 
exhibitions  containing  implements  reducing  the  labor  of  farmers.  I  witnessed 
twenty  years  ago  in  England  the  first  great  display  on  foreign  soil  of  Ameri- 
can reapers  and  mowers.  The  gentlemen  farmers  of  England  were  aston- 
ished to  find  that  Americans  could  teach  them  how  to  cut  grain.  An  impulse 
was  given  to  their  agriculture  by  those  implements  invented  by  American 
people. 

Mr.  GREELEY  dwelt  upon  the  invention  of  the  sewing-machine  and  then 
inquired  if  the  workingmen  have  been  benefitted  by  these  great  improve- 
ments. He  felt  sure  of  this,  that  the  compensation  for  artisan  labor  is  greater 
than  twenty  years  ago.  Not  more  money  is  paid  laborers,  perhaps,  and  that 
is  an  unsatisfactory  test,  but  they  received  more  of  the  comforts  of  life. 
While  their  compensation  is  doubled,  the  cost  of  living  is  not  doubled.  The 
mechanic  eats  better  food,  wears  better  clothes  and  may  save  a  portion  of  his 


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earnings.  Yet.  said  Mr.  GKKEI.KY,  lie  does  not  feel  satisfied,  and  believes 
that  in  the  not  far  distant  future  the  condition  of  the  workingman  will  In- 
bettered,  a  better  system  will  prevail,  under  which  he  will  receive  a  portion 
of  the  products  of  his  labor.  In  all  departments  of  industry  we  are  still  to 
advance.  The  relations  of  labor  to  capital  will  be  improved,  and  our  people 
will  rejoice  over  achievements  vast  in  their  efticiencv. 

Friday  evening,  September  20th,  was  one  also  long  to  lie  re- 
membered by  our  citizens,  as  on  that  occasion  the  Chief  Magis- 
trate of  the  country,  Gen.  U.  S.  GRANT,  attended  the  Exhibition, 
accompanied  by  ex-Gov.  WARD  and  the  Board  of  Managers. 
Before  his  arrival  thousands  of  persons  had  congregated  to  do 
honor  to  their  President.  He  was  at  once  escorted  to  the 
Managers'  room,  and  after  the  formal  reception,  and  words  of 
welcome  addressed  to  him  by  Gov.  WARD,  the  President  re- 
plied as  follows  : 

GEXTLKMKX  :  I  am  most  happy  to  he  here  to  night  to  witness  this  display 
of  Newark  manufactures.  This 'far-famed  city  of  Newark  has  done  well 
The  excellency  of  your  manufactures  is  working  a  large  influence  on  the 
importation  of  foreign  manufacture.  I  heartily  thank  you  for  this  great 
pleasure. 

Mayor  RicORDthen  welcomed  the  President  in  behalf  of  the 
city,  to  which  he  also  appropriately  replied.  These  ceremonies 
gone  through  with,  in  company  with  Gov.  WARD,  Mayor  RICORD, 
the  Secretary,  and  Chief  of  Police  GLASBT,  followed  by  the 
Board  of  Managers,  the  President  made  an  extended  tour  of  the 
buildings.  The  crowd  was  so  immense  and  the  desire  of  the 
people  so  great  to  do  honor  to  the  distinguished  visitor,  that  a 
satisfactory  examination  of  the  various  articles  on  exhibition  was 
impossible,  and  a  further  inspection  was  made  the  next  day. 
Friday,  as  on  the  day  previous,  a  large  concourse  of  people  were 
present.  Senator  F.  T.  FRELIXGHFYSEN,  Judge  JOSEPH  P. 
BRADLEY,  Congressmen  GEORGE  A.  HALSEY  and  JOHN  HILL, 
with  the  President's  Private  Secretary,  Gen.  PORTER,  accompa- 
nied the  President  on  this  occasion.  The  Exhibition  surprised 
them  all,  not  so  much  on  account  of  the  extensive  as  the  varied 
display  set  forth,  and  the  highest  encomiums  were  freely  be- 
stowed upon  the  enterprise. 

Thursday  evening  the  President  was  publicly  welcomed  at  the 
residence  of  Gov.  WARD.  Senator  FREDERICK  T.  FRELING- 
HUYSEN  delivered  an  address  on  the  occasion,  portions  of  which, 
as  relating  directly  to  Newark  and  its  industries,  we  extract  as 
follows  : 

To-day  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  the  great  Kepublic  has  done  us  the  honor  of 
reviewing  the  industries  of  New  Jersey.  At  Waverly  he  has  inspected  the 


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products  of  the  earth — the  trophies  of  the  plough — at  Newark  he  has  paid  the 
tribute  of  hi*  presence  to  the  triumph*  of  human  skill  and  energy — and  it, 
must  he  as  pleasinir  to  him  to  see  these  happy  results  of  the  wise  and  peaceful 
administration  over  a  nation  he  did  so  much  to  rescue  from  destruction,  as  his 
visit  is  grateful  to  us.  While  we  do  not  want  to  he  boastful,  we  may  properly 
say  that  we  are  ashamed  of  neither  our  State  nor  city. 

The  progress  we  have  made  ill  cultivating  the  soil  is  manifested  by  the  fact 
that  the  statistics  of  the  nation:.]  census  show  that  the  average  value  of  an 
acre  of  land  in  New  Jersey  is  greater  than  that  of  any  other  State;  and  the 
return  of  the  Collector  of  Revenue  develops  the  fact  that  this  is  only  the  sec- 
ond revenue  district  in  the  Tinted  States  in  the  value  of  mechanical  pro- 
ductions. 

As  to  our  traditional  devotion  to  the  nation,  it  is  enough  to  say  that  New 
Jersey  in  the  fearful  struggle  of  the  Revolution  received  the  cognomen  of 
"  The  Battle  Ground  of  the  Union,"  and  there  is  hardly  an  ancient  spire  that 
does  not  cast  its  shadow  over  patriots  who  have  Biitish  bullets  encoffined 
with  them,  and  in  the  more  recent  and  fearful  contest  for  the  life  of  the  nation 
New  Jersey  regiments  were  always  found  where  victory  was  the  reward  of 
prowess. 

And  of  our  city  we  are  not  ashamed.  Settled,  after  a  fair  purchase  from 
the  Indians  in  1603  by  a  band  of  resolute  men  of  Connecticut,  among  whom 
was  the  ancestor  of  our  excellent  host,  it  has  always  been  distinguished  for 
its  order  and  morality,  and  for  a  long  period  for  its  enterprise,  prosperity  and 
rapid  growth. 

And  if  it  be  true,  as  political  economists  say.  that  that  society  is  most,  per- 
fect in  which  the  largest  relative  number  of  persons  are  prosperously  em- 
ployed in  the  greatest  variety  of  ways,  then  we  give  the  palm  of  excellency 
to  no  community — everv  one  works  and  all  prosper,  and  as  to  the  variety  of 
ways,  the  lever!  the  wheel,  the  pulley,  the  plane,  the  screw  and  the  wedge, 
are  forced  and  beguiled  into  thousands  of  uses,  while  steam  as  strong  as  the 
elements,  pumps  and  draws,  hammers  and  weaves,  and  spins,  and.  as  Web- 
ster said,  seems  to  say  to  men,  "  Leave  off  your  manual  labor,  give  over  your 
bodily  toil,  bestow  your  skill  and  reason  to  the  direction  of  my  power,  and  I 
will  bear  the  toil  with  no  muscle  to  grow  weary,  no  nerve  to  relax,  and  no 
breast  to  feel  faintness." 

And  all  around  us  we  see  the  happy  results  of  this  varied  industry.  The 
comfort-speaking  abodes  of  the  artisan,  the  well-spread  board  around  which 
sit  the  germs  of  future  men,  and  she  whose  comely  presence  and  gentle  bear- 
ing prove  her  the  n't  companion  of  a  freeman's  heart.  Let  us  rejoice  that  this 
pin.-peri'v  is  not  confined  to  our  home  but  extends  all  over  our  land.  Com- 
petency is  everywhere  and  poveity  is  only  found  by  being  sought  for.  The 
remuneration  of  the  industrial  classes  is  satisfactory.  The  products  of  the 
tarn i  and  artisan  iind  a  ready  market  and  prompt  payment,  and  the  bills  of 
the  merchant  are  readily  pai'd. 

Friday.  October  9th,  Gen.  BEXJ.  F.  BUTLEK,  M.  (_'.,  from 
Massachusetts,  also  (but  unexpectedly)  visited  the  Exhibition. 
(Jen.  BFTLER  is  a  remarkably  close  observer,  but  he  understands 
also  the  value  of  an  impartial  opinion,  and  when  he  departed  he 
frankly  said  he  did  not  believe  "'  any  other  city  in  the  United 
States  would  do  what  Newark  had  done  in  the  way  of  an  Indus- 
trial Exhibition." 

Among  other  unexpected  visitors  of  note  was  Gov.  JOEL  PAR- 
KER :  also,  Envoys  Extraordinary  and  Ministers  Plenipotentiary 
from  foreign  countries,  heads  of  the  Government  Depart- 
ments at  Washington,  and  members  of  our  State  Legislature,  all 
of  whom  departed  with  expressions  of  gratification  and  praise. 


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The  Right  Rev.  \V.  H.  ODEXHEIMER,  of  this  State,  also 
visited  the  Exhibition  during  its  continuance,  whose  opinion  of 
it  w'll  be  found  expressed  on  page  34. 

In  this  connection  of  the  visit  of  the  great  and  distinguished 
men  to  the  Exhibition,  mention  might  be  made  of  the  wise  ar- 
rangements of  the  Board  of  Managers,  for  a  visit  of  all  the 
children  of  the  Public  Schools,  to  implant  in  their  young  and 
tender  minds  those  useful  lessons  which  might  be  derived  from 
witnessing  this  first  Exhibition  of  the  Industries  of  this  city. 


In  the  foregoing  account,  brief  in  many  respects,  but  necessa- 
rily so,  the  principal  events  which  have  occurred  since  the 
opening  of  the  Exhibition  of  1872,  have  been  recorded.  It  is 
unnecessary  to  ask,  in  the  light  of  what  has  transpired,  "  What 
beneficial  results  have  accrued  to  Newark  by  reason  of  it  f  but 
a  few,  which  have  suggested  themselves,  will  be  briefly  given  : 

In  the  first  place  Newark  has  demonstrated,  in  the  successful 
inauguration  of  an  Industrial  Exhibition,  that  she  is  fairly  enti- 
tled to  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  largest  manufacturing 
cities  in  the  world,  all  things  carefully  considered.  It  was 
deemed  a  rash  undertaking  by  some  to  lay  claim  to  so  great  a 
title,  but  it  has  been  freely  accorded  the  city  by  the  press  of  the 
country. 

Second.  It  has  been  most  conclusively  established,  that  no  other 
city  in  the  United  States  can  show  so  great  a  variety  of  goods 
manufactured  in  its  limits  as  are  accredited  to  Newark.  A  few 
other  cities  can  show  a  larger  population  and  greater  value  in 
real  and  personal  property,  and  also  in  the  aggregated  annual 
value  of  manufactured  goods,  but  Newark  can  safely  challenge 
them  all  to  imitate  her  example  with  as  good  results. 

Third.  It  has  been  the  means  of  increasing  confidence  among 
our  manufacturers  and  artisans  generally,  as  shown  in  the  in- 
creased interest  manifested  in  the  various  departments  of 
industry. 


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Fourth.  The  reputation  of  Newark  has  been  extended  abroad, 
and  matters  of  interest  pertaining  to  the  industries  of  the  city  are 
sought  after  not  only  by  people  in  remote  sections,  of  this  country, 
but  other  countries,  and  the  press  have  sent  special  correspond 
cuts  here  to  note  what  progress  has  been  and  is  now  making. 

Fifth.  Trade  has  largely  increased  in  many  branches,  and 
there  is  a  good  prospect  of  its  being  still  larger  than  ever  before, 
not  only  in  the  value  of  manufactured  goods,  but  in  the  number 
of  industries,  the  attention  of  large  manufacturers  and  capitalists 
having  been  drawn  hither  mainly  through  the  influence  exerted 
by  the  Exhibition  of  1872. 

The  Exhibition  proved  immediately  beneficial  to  many  exhi- 
bitors, drawing,  as  it  did,  merchants,  business  men  and  strangers 
from  distant  parts  of  the  country,  and  though  most  dealers  had 
previously  supplied  their  wants  for  seasonable  goods,  a  large 
number  of  orders  were  received  by  various  firms.  One  man  was 
heard  to  exclaim  (and  the  case  is  not  an  isolated  one),  "  I  have 
purchased  goods  of  this  kind  in  New  York  for  the  last  twenty- 
five  years,  and  never  before  knew  I  had  passed  directly  through 
the  city  where  they  were  made."  Manufacturers  from  other 
States  who  had  previously  thought  Newark  only  a  way  station, 
were  surprised  at  the  facilities  for  manufacturing  Newark  pre- 
sented, and  spoke  highly  of  the  advantages  to  be  derived  from 
the  Exhibition  of  its  industries,  and  thought  the  question  of 
locating  here  well  worthy  of  consideration.  Nor  was  it  alone 
confined  to  this  country.  Its  visitors  were  from  every  quarter  of 
the  globe.  One  stranger,  in  particular,  being  interrogated, 
stated  that  he  had  arrived  from  London  the  evening  before  ;  that 
he  had  seen  mention  in  a  London  paper  of  a  city  in  America  nine 
miles  from  New  York,  with  a  population  of  only  115,000  inhabi- 
tants, holding  an  Exposition  exclusively  of  its  own  products,  that 
he  made  an  early  visit,  concluding  that  if  a  single  small  city 
contained  variety  of  manufactures  sufficient  to  hold  an  Exposi- 
tion of  its  own  products,  he  could  form  some  idea  of  the  greatness 
of  this  country. 

Sales  of  goods  on  exhibition  were  frequent,  and  many  manu- 
facturers of  limited  means  greatly  augmented  their  business 
solely  by  the  patronage  of  persons  visiting  the  Exhibition.  Nu- 
merous and  large  orders  were  taken  by  the  Secretary  for  different 
manufacturers  from  the  exhibition  of  their  goods,  and  stationary 


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goods  were  sold  to  be  delivered  at  the  close  of  the  Exhibition, 
chief  among  these  being  the  large  engine  which  furnished  power 
to  the  machinery,  which  was  purchased  by  parties  in  Xew  York 
and  selected  over  those  inspected  at  other  exhibitions. 

The  exhibitors,  individually  and  collectively,  displayed  com- 
mendable energy  in  this  the  first  Exhibition  of  Newark  Indus- 
tries, by  which  it  has  been  proven  that  Newark  has  it  in  its 
power  to  rival  far  more  pretentious  affairs  of  this  kind,  even 
though  they  depend  upon  other  cities  for  their  principal  display. 

One  other  feature  of  this  Exhibition  should  be  referred  to. 
Long  before  the  time  announced  for  the  opening,  letters  were  re- 
ceived from  large  manufacturing  firms  desiring  the  privilege  of 
contributing  to  the  display.  Letters  have  been  received  by  the 
Secretary  even  from  California,  but  though  these  would  have 
afforded  a  greater  attraction,  it  was  deemed  best  to  confine  the 
Exhibition  solely  to  Newark,  that  what  honor  or  discredit  might 
fall  upon  the  enterprise  should  be  borne  by  Newark  alone.  The 
latter  was  prevented  by  the  enterprising  spirit  displayed ;  and 
from  the  interest  now  manifested  in  the  cause,  there  is  every 
reason  to  believe  the  Exhibition  of  1873  will  surpass  that  of 
1872,  and  be  tlie  event  of  the  year  in  our  local  history. 


To  the  Press,  the  management  as  well  as  the  city  at  large  are 
deeply  indebted  for  the  faithful  and  intelligent  manner  in  which 
it  wielded  its  powerful  influence  in  aid  of  the  cause. 

Before  closing  this  report  it  is  proper  some  allusions  should  be 
made  to  the  manner  in  which  the  various  committees  performed 
their  duties.  The  duties  of  the  Executive,  Exhibition.  Music 
Hind  Ticket  committees  were  very  arduous,  and  while  each  did 
much  in  the  interest  of  the  Exhibition,  it  is  without  disparage- 
ment of  any  of  the  others  that  especial  mention  is  made  of  the 
Ticket  Committee,  whose  duties  were  not  only  arduous,  but  ex- 
tremely vexatious.  They  devoted  much  time,  with  other  duties, 
to  the  particular  work  devolving  upon  them,  all  of  which  was 


4!) 

performed  in  the  most  efficient  manner  and  much  to  the  advantage 
of  the  Institution. 

It  is  gratifying  to  the  Board  of  Directors  that  their  efforts 
have  met  with  so  signal  success,  and  while  citizens  generally 
were  active,  it  is  not  improper  to  allude  to  those  manufacturing 
houses  who  were  most  prominent  and  devoted  their  energies  to 
the  interest  of  the  Exposition  :  Hewes  &  Phillips,  Meeker  & 
Hedden,  Watts,  Campbell  &  Co.,  Campbell,  Lane  &  Co.,  Thos. 
B.  Peddle  &  Co.,  Edgar  Farmer  &  Co.,  Theo.  P.  Howell  &  Co., 
Chas.  N.  Lockwood  &  Co.,  C.  H.  &  J.  D.  Harrison,  R.  Ward  & 
Co.,  L.  Graf  &  Bro.,  James  M.  Durand  &  Co.,  Leverich  & 
Endc  rs,  H.  Sauerbier  &  Co.,  Blanchard,  Bro.  &  Lane,  N.  J. 
Demarest  &  Co.,  E.  Simon  &  Brother,  E.  L.  Starr  &  Co., 
Newark  Tea  Tray  Co.,  Clark  Thread  Co.,  Atlas  Manufacturing 
Co.,  William  Johnson,  The  Baxter  Engine  Co.,  Atha,  Hughes 
&  Spanier,  Ailing  Brothers  &  Co.,  S.  G-.  Sturges  and  Co., 
Wiener  &  Co.,  Hendricks  Bros..  Lister  Bros.,  C.  Cooper  &  Co., 
with  others. 

ALBERT  M.  HOLBROOK,  Secretary. 


Iu  tliis  connection,  the  Secretary  expresses  his  thanks  for  the  Public 
Testimonal  tendered  liiin  as  a  lecognition  of  his  efforts  in  forwarding  the  Ex- 
hibition, and  also  to  the  Exhibitors  for  the  generous  tokens  of  regard  as 
presented  on  that  occasion. 


The  different  circulars  printed  and  published,  a  list  of  sub- 
scribers, together  with  a  financial  exhibit  of  the  Exhibition,  ap- 
pear a  few  pages  further  on. 


As  a  part  of  the  history  of  those  jubilant  days,  the  fact  can 
hardly  be  ignored  that  Mr.  HOLBROOK,  the  Secretary  of  the 
Association,  was  the  surprised  and  gratified  recipient  of  a  tes- 
timonial. The  story  is  best  told  in  the  words  of  one  of  the  local 
reports,  which,  after  a  long  eulogy  of  the  closing  days  of  the  Ex- 
hibition, goes  on  to  say  : 

"  It  was  eminently  proper  then,  that  Secretary  HOLBROOK 
should  receive  from  the  people  of  Newark  a  testimonial  commen- 


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surate  with  his  efforts.  The  feeling  that  prompted  one  of  the 
most  courteous  and  generous  of  the  Board  of  Managers  to  suggest 
that  a  handsome  present  of  jewelry  was  worthy  of  the  man  who 
made  it,  and  the  promptness  with  which  it  was  responded  to  was 
highly  creditable  to  those  who  contributed  towards  the  purch?se 
of  the  gift.  The  address  of  Mr.  PETER  F.  SPEER,  on  presenting 
to  Mr.  HOLBROOK,  on  behalf  of  the  Exhibitors,  a  magnificent 
gold  watch  and  chain  on  Wednesday  night,  contained  a  true  ex- 
pression of  the  feeling  of  the  people  of  Newark  in  reference  to  his 
services.  Mr.  SPEER  said  : 

"  Mr.  HOLBROOK,  Secretary  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  of  the  City  of 
Newark  :  I  appear  hefore  you,  sir,  in  behalf  of  the  Exhibitors  of  this  Indus- 
trial Exhibition  to  tender  you  their  heaity  thanks  and  grateful  acknowledg- 
ments for  the  valuable  services  you  have  rendered  in  making  this  laudable 
enterprise  a  great  success.  For  to  you,  sir,  more  than  any  one  man,  is  due 
credit  of  making  this  Exhibition  a  complete  success.  This,  sir,  is  no  dispar- 
agement to  the  valuable  services  rendered  by  the  Managers,  the  committees 
and  the  Exhibitors  themselves.  This  spacious  hall,  this  great  showcase  of 
the  manufactories  and  workshops  of  the  city  of  Newark,  has  been  opened  to 
the  public  for  forty-three  days,  during  which  time  it  has  been  visited  by  100,- 
000  persons.  So  great  are  its  attractions  that  people  come  and  spend  hours 
with  pleasure  and  delight. 

"  So  well  satisfied  are  they  that  they  go  away  to  come  again  and  again.  It  is 
not  my  purpose  to  speak  of  the  effect  that  this  great  enterprise  will  have  on 
the  future  prosperity  of  Newark  ;  time  will  settle  this.  But,  sir,  this  much 
can  be  said  — it  has  made  Newark  famous,  and  placed  her  foremost  among  the 
cities  of  this  country  and  stamps  her  as  the  Birmingham  of  America.  And, 
sir,  as  no  words  of  mine  can  express  to  you  their  high  appreciation  of  your 
valuable  services,  your  courtesy  and  attention  to  them  as  Exhibitors  and 
their  employees,  to  visitors,  strangers,  and  our  own  citizens  alike  ;  for  your 
zeal,  fidelity  and  perseverance  in  this  enterprise,  they  have  placed  in  my  hand 
for  presentation  a  magnificent  gold  watch  and  chain,  made  in  Newark,  by 
Newark  mechanics,  purchased  of  a  Newark  manufacturer  by  the  generous 
contributions  of  these  exhibitors,  many  of  whom  are  now  before  you,  and  of 
whom  I  can  say,  a  better  and  more  ge'nerous  body  of  men  God  never  made. 
Take  it,  sir,  as  coming  from  generous  hearts  into  worthy  hands." 


CATALOG UE 

OF 

Ifnlered   jfor 


AT  THE 

FIRST  NEWARK  INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION, 

IS'ZS. 


Xo. 

1 


Exhibitors. 
Benjamin  J.  Mayo 


2     William  Johnson  . . 


do.  

do.  

Joseph  B.  Mayo 

Newark  Tea  Tray  Co  .. 

Amos  II.  Searfoss    

Johnston  &  Sutphen  ... 
J.  T.  Van  Arsdale  &  Co 
FornesB,  Bannister  &  Co 
Mrs.  J.  Harrison  .. 


12 
13 

14 

15 
16 
17 

18 
lit 
80 
81 
22 
23 

-,'4 
25 

26 

•2? 
28 
W 
30 

31 
32 
33 

:54 
35 


Brooks  &  Harper 
Michael  Schnitzel- 

Meeker  &  Hedden 
do. 
do. 
do. 


George  W.  Case  .... 

L.  O.  Colvin 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Holmes  . 
Mahlon  S.  Drake  ... 
Charles  W.  Lovatt  . 
Durand  &  Co  ... 


Honestus  M.  Albee  . . 

Miss  J.  Pool 

Mi<s.M.  Pool    

John  L.  Hampson  ... 

do. 

do. 
Edwards  &  Smith  . . . 

A.  H.  Clark  &  Sons 

H.  F.  Edwards 

Edwin  Reed 

A.  V.  Gorum 

Herman  Voelker  . . . 


Articles  Exhibited. 
.Sterling  Silver,  and  Silver   Plated   Ware  in 

variety. 

.Mechanics'  Tools  and  Hardware,  comprising 
Plumbs  and  Levels,  Gauges.Spokeshaves, 
Screw  Drivers,  Compass  Dividers,  Turn- 
ing Saw  Frames  and  other  Tools,  and  a 
variety  of  House  Furnishing  Hardware. 
.  Six  Pastel  Paintings. 
.Specimens  Ornamental  Pen  Work. 
.Fine  Silver  Plated  Ware,  in  variety. 
.Tea  Trays,  Dust  Pans,  Crumb  Trays.  &c. 
.Two  Vertical  Portable  Grinding  Mills. 
.  Shirts,  Collars,  Cuffs,  &c. 
.Plumbers'BrassWork,  Silver  Plated  and  Plain. 
.Fine  Table  Cutlery. 

..Wax  Cross,    supported  by  two  anchors  en- 
twined with  wax  and  hair  flowers. 
..Patent  Burglar  and  Fire  Alarm. 
.  .Bouffets  in  Black  Walnut,  carved   and  orna- 
mented. 

..Carved  Wood  Mantels. 
. .  Mirror  Frame  Mantels. 
. .  Hard  Wood  Doors,  Mantels. 
..Mouldings  and  Brackets,  in  variety,  and  In- 
side Work. 

. .  Key  Checks  and  Dyes. 
. .  Patent  Baby  Chair  Jumper  and  Walker. 
..Two  Oil  Paintings. 
.  .Patent  Steam  Bolt  Cutter. 
.  .Machine  Twist  and  Sewing  Silk,  in  variety. 
..Fine  Diamonds,  set  and  unset,  and  Jewelry,  a 

rich  and  valuable  display. 
..Two  Models,  Elliptical  Staircase  of  Walnut. 
.  .Frame  of  Pith  Work,  artistically  arranged. 
..Fancy  Mat. 

. .  Improved  Smoothing  Iron. 
.  .Jar  of  Fruit,  preserved  fourteen  years. 
..Improved  Solution  for  Water  Stiffening  Hats. 
. .  Iron  Cresting,  Chairs,  Settees,  Newels,  Hitch- 
ing Posts,  &c. 
. .  Patent  Hod  Elevator. 
.  .Model,  Full  Rigged  Ship. 
..Model,  Steam  Ship. 
. .  Wax  Hyacinths. 
.  .Patent  Tube  Scrapers,  for  Steam  Boilers. 


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No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

36  Newark  Rubber  M'f  g  Co  Rubber  Boots  and  Shoes. 

37  Henry  I).  Taylor Child's  Carriage  of  Inlaid  Wood,  made  with 

Shoe  Knife. 

38  do.  Table  of  Inlaid  Wood,  made  with  Shoe  Knife. 

39  Speer  &  Mattner  Shawl  Straps,  in  variety. 

40  C.  M.  Theberath  &  Bro  .Gilt  Sleigh  Chimes,  in  variety. 

41  do.  .Martingale  Chains.  Gilt  and  Silver  Plated. 

42  do.  .Patent  Star  Bridle  Bits. 

43  do.  .Gig  Saddles  and  Pads. 

44  do.  .Brass  Castings. 

45  do.  .Harness  Mountings,  in  Sets  and  variety,  Gold, 

Silver  and  Nickel   Plated,  Leather  Cov- 
ered and  Lined. 

46  William  Roemer Traveling  Bags  and  Satchels,    various  styles 

and  finish. 

47  Stephen  S.  Thorn Bonnet  Wire,  in  variety. 

48  Romer  &  Co Patent  Key  Hole  Lock. 

49  do.          Patent  Combination  Lock. 

50  do Railroad  Locks,  Brass  and  Iron  Patent  Pad 

and  Door  Locks.Door  Knobs,  &c.,  Nickel 
Plated,  Japanned  and  Brass  Finished. 

51  Joseph  Baldwin  &  Co  ..Wrought  and  Mexican  Bits  and  Spurs. 

52  do.  ..Saddlery  Hardware.    Steel   Polished,   Silver, 

Nickel  Plated  and  Oreide. 

53  do.  ..Baldwin's  Patent  Bit. 

54  Miss  Nettie  Burning Wax  Flowers. 

55  Arnold  Stivers   Coach  Locks. 

56  do  Hub  Bands,  Nickel  Plated. 

57  W.  Haskell  King Model,  bash  Balance  and  Lock. 

58  do.  Lathe  Chuck. 

59  Harrington  &  Co Shirts,  Collars,  Cuffs.  A  c. 

60  William  Lorenz Three  Patent  Lathe  DOITS. 

61  Marley  &  Cook Shirts,  Collars,  Cuffs,  A  c. 

62  Anna  W.  Pignolet Six  Colored  Crayon  Pictures. 

63  Langstroth  &  Crane Builders'  Hardware,  in  variety. 

64  T.  Benedict Fine  Harness,  in  variety. 

65  John  Thielemann  &  Co  .Coach  Locks  and  Spring  Boxes. 

66  Henry  Klein Rag  Carpet. 

67  Miss  Emma  Bundstein  ..Worsted  Work,  Picture. 

68  C.  F.  &  R.  Burnett   ....  Fine  Furs  and  Goods. 

do.  Hair  Work,  Braids,  Curls,  Jewelry.  AT. 

70  George  Palliser Architectural  Drawings. 

71  E.  J.  Kisling Model,  Firemen's  Monument,  in  Plaster. 

72  Amelia  Sommers Wax  Flowers. 

73  James  Graves Earthern  Force  and  Well  Pumps. 

74  Theresa  Korb Spice  Flowers,  artistically  arranged. 

75  R.  H.  Platt Natural  Autumn  Leaves,  artistically  arranged. 

76  U.  B.  Brewster Collection  of  Butterflies,  artistically  arranged. 

77  William  Cleveland  &  Co.Hunt's  Patent  Metalic  Refrigerators. 

78  J.  G.  Freeman Ladies'  and  Children's  Furnishing  Goods. 

79  Ferdinand  Unz Vest,  without  Back. 

80  Miss  M.  L.  Newton Wax  Flowers,  artistically  arranged. 

81  Oscar  Barnett Foot  and  Drop    Presses,    for    Tniners'    and 

Jewelers'  use. 

82  do.  Malleable    and   Gray   Iron   Castings.    Plain, 

Tinned,  Japanned  and  Bronzed. 

83  do.  Shaping  Machine,  ten-inch  stroke. 

84  do.  Radial  Drill  Press. 

85  do.  Trunk  Makers'  Press. 

86  do Brass  Moulders'  Flasks. 

do.  Barnett's  Blind  Hinges. 

88  do.  Lemon  Squeezers,  Iron  Frame  and  Porcelain 

Lined. 


53 

No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

89  Oscar  Barnctt Coach  and  Carriage  Makers'  Clamps. 

90  Blanchanl  A  Boylan Coach  and  Carriage  Hardware,  Nickel  Plated 

Pole  Tips,  Bolt  Heads,  &c. 

1M  S.  E.  Tompkins  &  Co  ..Saddlery  Hardware,  Nickel,  Gold  and  Silver 
Plated  and  Japanned,  Leather  Covered 
and  Lined. 

92  do.  ..Patent  Gig  Trees. 

93  do.  ..Tompkins' Patent  Gig  Saddles. 

94  E.  A.  Adam Trunk  Pockets. 

95  Henrv  Warrick Ho-se  Brushes,  Leather  Back,  in  variety. 

96  Theodosia  Tucker Bracket  of  artistic  Leather  Work. 

1*7  Wuesthon',  Wright  A 

Kuehnhold Wrought  Bits,    Buckles,  Hames,    &c.,    &c., 

Nickel,  Gold  and  Silver  Plated  and  Steel 
Polished. 

98  do.  Saddlery  Hardware,  in  variety. 

99  H.  Lamh Architectural  Drawings. 

100  John  Kay  &  Co Files  and  Rasps. 

101  .:«'>.  Patent  Lead  1 '.at h  Pot,  for  Hardening  Files. 

ll»2     John   Schnlmerich Gi  oup  of  Stuffed  Birds. 

103  William  A.  Tipson Oil  Paintings.  "  Studies  from  Nature." 

104  Turner  &  Brown Bedstead^,  Tables.  A  <•. 

105  J.   Brockie  &,  Co Window  Awnings  and  Frame. 

106  G.  W.  Moore   Improved  Patent  Pincers,  in  variety. 

107  Lister  Brothers Chemicals. 

107)^  do.  Bone  Fertilizers.  Glue,  &c.,  in  vari<  tv. 

108  "John  A.  Rubles Patent  Well  Pump. 

109  C.  F.  Murphy Bamboo  Fishing  Rod,  with  case. 

110  BrandenburgluVNovelle  .Platform  Spring  Wagons. 

111  J.  J.  Mills  : Specimens  of  Dentistry. 

112  Butler  A    Wards Patent  Leather  Bridle  Fronts,    Winkers,  Ro- 

settes. Ac. 

113  Wiirhtman  Brothers Walker's  Patent  Window  Screens. 

114  B.   P.  Holmes Oil  Painting. 

115  John  Toler,  Sons  &  Co  .Furniture  Castors,  in  variety. 

11(5  Charles  Cooper  &  Co  ..  .Chemicals,  for  Photographic.  Pharmaceutical 
and  Technical  purposes. 

1 17  C.  Sullivan Steel  Engravers'  Plates. 

118  Samuel  O.  Crane Skeleton',  Buggy  and  Hearse  Wheels. 

119  C.  L.  S.  Walker   Patent  Mosquito  Bars. 

120  Mrs.  Ulbright Spice  Flowers,  artistically  arranged. 

121  Foerster  &  Kraeuter Mechanics'  Tools,  in  variety. 

122  do.                  ..  ..Pinking  Irons,  in  variety. 
12:;     Miss  Mai'-v  Ham. Wax  Flowers. 

124  A.  Hayden Rolled  Gold,    Silver.   Brass   and   Oreide,  for 

Haters'  use,  Plated  Metal,    Silver  Brick 
1.000  fine. 

125  Arthur  Wadsworth Storm  Signal  Barometers. 

126  L.  Steiner Model,  Church  with  interior  complete. 

127  M.  H.  Soott Architectural  Drawings. 

128  Miss  E.  Yolk Fine  Needle  Work. 

129  C.  G.  Bruemrner  Mechanics'  Tools,  in  variety. 

130  H.  H.  Jones Patent  Flexible  Whip  Protector. 

131  Hockenjos  &  Co Coopers'  Work — Barrels,  Kegs.  iVc. 

132  George  Price Ornamental  Glass  Sign. 

133  Rud  Mussehl Mattrass.  made  by  Blind  Man. 

134  Henry  Nichols Ornamental  Plaster  Work. 

135  Ziegler  &  Otto Coach  Locks,   Hinges,  Spring  Barrels,  Dove- 

tails, &c. 

136  R.  J.  Jollry  A-  Co Shirts.  Collars,  Cuffs,  &c. 

137  Bernard  Saupe Rope  and  Twine,  in  variety. 

138  J.  Wiss   Knives,  Shears,  Pruning  Hooks  and  Fancy 

Cutlery,  in  variety. 


54 

No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

139  T.  S.  Morrell   Collection  of  Rare  Coin. 

140  Alston  &  Burnett   Carved  Hoarse  Urns. 

141  Atha,  Hughes  &  Spanier  Enameled  Table  Oil  Cloth,  in  variety. 

142  Weiner  &  Co Saddlery  Hardware,  in  variety,  Gold,  Silver 

and  Nickel  Plated,  Leather   Covered  and 
Japanned  and  Lined. 

143  do.  Wrought  Bits,  in  variety. 

144  Amelia  Windisch Wax  Flowers  and  Cross. 

145  Tomlinson  Spring  Co  . .  .Springs,  Elliptic,  C,  French  Pl'tfm,  Coach, Ac. 

146  do.  ..  .Axles,  Steel  and  Iron,  in  variety. 

147  Thomas  Slaight Patent  Railroad   Pad   Locks,  'Door    Locks. 

Nickel    Plated,     Brass,    Japanned    and 
Bronze,  also  Door  Knobs. 
•148     Helen  Hedden Wreath  of  Seeds,  artistically  arranged. 

149  David  Hedden Large  Fig  Tree,  in  full  bearing. 

150  N.  Van  Ness Hooks,  Terretb,  Hames,  &c.,  Gold  and  Silver 

Plated,  Leather  Covered  and  Lined. 

151  Henry  Roberts Wire,  in  variety,  one  roll  for  Miller's  Bolting 

Cloth,  20%  miles  in  length. 

152  A.  B.  Holmes Silver  Basket  and  Wax  Flowers. 

153  F.  C.  Callen Feather  Flowers,  artistically  arranged. 

154  Fred.  Meisselbach Three  Electric  Machines,  one  large  Ruhmcorf 

Coil,  capable  of  throwing  one-half  inch 
Spark  and  lighting  two  Geissler  Tubes. 

155  Spaeth  &  Guelicher Patent  Clamps  and  other  Skates,  in  variety. 

156  Spaeth  &  Co Mattrasses,  Bo!sters,  &c. 

157  do.  Samples  Curled  Hair. 

158  George  N.  Bannister Gents'  Fancv  Toilet  Slippers,  in  variety. 

159  Snow,  Hopper  &  Co Fine  Shoes. 

160  William  D.  Russell Baxter  Steam  Engines,  two,   five  and  eight 

horse  power. 

161  do.  Baxter  Diagonal  Wrench. 

162  do.  Baxter  S  Wrench. 

163  Lee  A.  Smith Nickel   Plating,  (samples  of)  Saddlery  Hard- 

ware, Gun,  House  Furnishing  and  other 
work. 

164  John  Duncker Toilet  Tables,  round  and  oval. 

165  Samuel  Clark Apparatus  for  administering  Sulphur  or  Medi- 

cated Vapor  Baths. 

166  S.  Hartshorne Patent  Adjustable  Window  Shade  Roller. 

167  Charles  Kreitler Rope  and  Twine,  in  variety. 

168  Alfred  E.  Allen Sugar  Work. 

169  Lucius  D.  Gould Patent  Sash  Fastener. 

170  Traugott  Leibe Fancy  Wooden  Boxes  and  Me'dicine  Chests, 

171  C.  M.  Northrup Northrup's  Patent  Combination  Grate  Bars. 

172  do.  Tube  Brushes. 

173  do.  Patent  Valve  Refitting  Machines. 

174  C.  Kirchoff Ornamental  Toy  Candlesticks  and  Blast  Guns. 

175  A.  Schwartz Rag  and  List  Carpet. 

176  John  Hagny Oil  Painting,  "Politicians." 

177  do.          Oil  Painting,  "  Landscape." 

178  do Oil  Painting,  "  St.  Barbara." 

179  do Oil  Painting,  "  Portrait." 

180  H.  P.  Jones,  (apprentice)  Fine  Goat  Harness. 

181  Booth  Brothers Pocket  and  Pen  Knives,  in  variety. 

182  E.  F.  Beck Harness,  Single  and  Double. 

183  D.  &  G.  Delany Springs,  Elliptic,  C,  Platform,  Coach,  A-  c. 

184  Moses  Kinsey Skates,  "  Young  America." 

185  F.  Meyer Scales— Counter,    Druggist,    Platform    (from 

one   pound  to   six    tons),  and  others,  in 
variety. 

186  Miss  Eugenia  Goken Fancy  Silk  Quilts. 

187  M.  Price Shirts,  Collars,  Cuffs,  &c. 


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No  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

188  A.  E.  Hedden Butterflies  and  Moths,  artistically  arranged  in 

frame. 

189  James  Marks Samples  of  Graining. 

190  Finter,  Biu-hler  &  Co. . . . Spring  Wagons,  for  express  and  heavy  work. 

191  Warner  A-   Kadclitfe Buttons,  in  variety. 

192  do.  ....Hooks  and  Eyes. 

193  do.  Fancy  Metal  Ornaments. 

194  do.  Campaign  Badges. 

195  do.  Picture  Nails,  in  variety,  and  other  articles. 

196  E.  G.  Koenig   Specimens  Engraving  on  Steel,  Pistols,  &c. 

197  William  DeCamp Picture  Frames,  in  variety. 

198  W.  L.  Starr  &  Co  ^..Patent  Trace  Buckles,  Nickel,  Gold  and  Sil-    • 

ver  Plated. 

199  do.  Saddlery  Hardware. 

200  Bergerow  &  Jahnke Rustic  Work — Flower  Stands,  &c.,  in  variety. 

2i»l     Gi-e-rorv  &  Cox Rustic  Marble  Work. 

21*2  John  l").  Fitz-Gerald Varnishes— Copal  and  other  varieties. 

203  Martin  &  Baldwin Patent  Step  Ladders — various  sizes. 

204  J.  Rompe Architectural  Drawings. 

205  Bryant.   Stratton  &  Whit- 

ney   Specimens  of  Penmanship. 

206  E.  Balbach  &  Son Specimens  of  Refined  Gold,  Silver  1,000  fine. 

Copper  and  Lead. 

207  do.  Specimens  of  the  various  processes  in  Smelting 

208  do.  Specimens   of  Bullion,  as  received  from  the 

Mines,  for  Smelting. 

209  do.  Specimens  of  rare  Minerals,  in  great  variety. 

210  Henry  Lefort Hat  Sizing  Machine. 

211  C.  Haidle  &  Co Pottery— Drain  Pipes,  &c.,  in  variety. 

212  Homer  Warden Ink— variety  of  Colors 

213  Gorren  &  Dengler Photographic  Family  Register. 

2T4  C.  N.  Lock  wood  &  Co  ..Coach  Lamps,  in  variety. 

215  do.  ..Carriage  Hardware,  in  variety,  Gold  and  Sil- 

ver Plated. 

216  William  Brotherson Feather  Back  Mattrass. 

217  D.W.Wilson Pearl    Buttons,    Studs    and    Ornaments,    in 

variety. 

218  Eagle  Winker  Co Winkers,  Blinds,  Fronts,  &c. 

219  I  >odire  A.   Meyer Toy  Steamboat,  in  motion. 

220  R.  M.  Grummon Patent  Combination  Top  Prop. 

221  do.  Saddlery  and  Coach  Hardware,   Gold,   Silver 

and  Nickel  Plated  and  Japanned. 

222  Henry  J.  Weeks Gilt  Picture  Frames. 

223  Miss  Minnie  Duncker  ...Ladies'  Underwear. 

224  Heller,  Merz  &  Co Ultra  Marine  Blue,  "  the  only  manufactory  in 

the  United  States." 

225  do.  Colors  and  Chemicals,  in  variety. 

226  De  \Vitt  Stevens Patent  Ash  Sifter. 

227  do.  Medallions,  Portraits,  in  plaster,  life  size. 

228  do.  Plaster  Model— Dog,  life  size. 

229  Hinds  A:  Sou Piano  Fortes. 

230  D.  V.  P.  Cadmus Ornamental  Sugar  Work. 

231  P.  H.  Vroom Carriage  Woodwork— Bodies, Wheels,Spokes. 

232  Miss  E.  C.  Woolson Water  Color  Picture,  "Autumn  Leaves." 

233  A.  Camerer Water  Color  Picture,  "  Rural  Scene." 

234  F.  H.  Smith,  Jr Shirts,  Collars,  Cuffs,  &c. 

235  Mrs.  Lillie  M.  Spencer  ..Oil  Painting,  "Truth  unveiling  Falsehood." 

236  do.  . .  Oil  Painting,  "  We  both  must  Fade." 

237  do.  ..Oil  Painting,  "Innocence." 

238  John  W.  Bolles Oil  Painting,  "  Mile  Standish's  Courtship." 

239  J.  F.  Wilde Steam  Engine,  five  horse  power. 

240  Mrs.  J.  A.  McDougal  ..  .Wax  Work,  "Autumn  Leaves." 


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No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

241  A.  F.  Conery Jewelers',    Machine   and   other   Brushes,    in 

variety,  and  the  process  of  manufacturing 
Brushes. 

242  do.  Conery's  Improved  Paint  Brusl i. 

243  Mellen  &  Jacobus Shepherd's  Patent  Spring  Bed  Bottom. 

244  John  A.  Horschell Burglar  and  Fire  Proof  Safes. 

245  C.  H.  &  J.  D.  Harrison  .Patent  and  Enameled  Leather,  in  variety. 

246  H.  C.  &W.  W.  Ketcham  .Dinner  Pail  and  Lantern  combined. 

247  Herman  Kreitler Architectural  Drawings. 

248  L.  Graf  &  Bro Fine  Shoes, 

249  Meeker  &  Kearney Patent  Railroad  Switch  Frame. 

•    250  L.  F.  Hurd Oil  Painting,  "  Ctfft  Scene/'  by  a  Boy. 

251  Wright  &  Smith Three  Wright's  vlfiable  Power  Attachments, 

for  Sewing  Machines. 

252  do.  Watch  Case  Lathes  and  Benches. 

253  do.  Polishing  Lathe. 

254  do.  Jewelers'  Lap. 

255  do.  Oval  Chucks. 

256  do.  Foot  Power  Scroll  ,Saws. 

257  do.  Small  Power  Scroll  Saw. 

258  do.  Model  Vertical  Steam  Engine. 

259  Lysander  Wright   Patent  Three  Wheel  Velocipede. 

260  E.  Regad Lapidary  Work. 

261  W.  C.  Eaton Photographs,  in  variety. 

262  do Ferreotypes. 

263  James  Traphagen Optical  Goods. 

264  Blanchard  Bro.  &  Lane  .Patent  and  Enameled  Leather,  in  variety. 

265  S.   Kehl Worsted  Work  Pictures 

266  Douglas,  Sons  &  Co Furniture — Fine  Parlor  and  Bedroom  Suites. 

267  E.  R.  T.  Williams Patent  Yeast  Powder. 

268  John  B.  Lee Pharmaceutical  Preparations,  in  variety. 

269  B.   Myer  &  Co Plows— Road,  Stubble,  Sub-soil  and  Corn. 

270  do.  Twenty-two  inch  deep  Tiller  Plow. 

271  do.  Cider  Mills. 

272  do.  Pulverizing  Harrows. 

273  do.  Hay,  Straw  and  Stalk  Cutters,  various  sizes. 

274  David  Tobin Collection  of  Rare  Coins  and  Currency. 

275  Charles  Beck Piano  Fortes. 

276  J .  E.  White Mourning  Goods. 

277  Thomas  Dusel Shirts,  Collars,  Cuffs,  &c. 

278  D.  G.  Griffith Patent  Extension  Step  and  Platform  Ladders. 

279  Adam    Hay Iron  Columns,  round  and  square. 

280  do Lamp  Posts. 

281  do.  Hatters'  Flues,  square  and  round. 

282  do.  Hatters'  Drying-  Room  Stoves. 

283  do.  Dumb  Bells,  fourteen  sizes. 

284  do.  Blacksmiths'  Tire  Irons,  two  sixes. 

285  do Hatters'  Iron  Stand. 

286  do Iron  Stable  Fixtures— Partition,   Hay   Rack 

and  Feed  Box. 

287  Charles  W.  Walker Leather  Belting,  in  variety. 

288  Thomas  Pole Umbrellas,  Parasols,  Canes,  &c. 

289  W.G.Stewart    Patent  Water  Meter. 

290  Heller  &  Brothers Files  and  Rasps. 

291  R.  Neumann  &  Co    Traveling  Bag  and  Satchel  Frames. 

292  Louis  Lang Oil  Painting,  "  Portrait."    • 

293  Carlewitz  &  Husk Ornamental  Plaster  Designs. 

294  A.  Turner  &  Co Tin  Ware,  in  variety.  Planished  and  Japanned. 

295  J.  R.  Denman Bent  Glass,  for  Carriage  and  other  work. 

298  do.  Convex  Distorting  Mirrors. 

297  do.  Glass  Kerosene  Globes. 

298  do.  Glass  Lanterns. 

299  do Glass  Signs. 


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No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

300  Mrs.  L.  A.  Lyman Hair  Jewelry,  in  variety. 

301  D.  B.  Coles  &  Son Crystals  Prussiate  Potash. 

302  E.  &  W.  Dixon Jewelers',    Machine    and    other    Brushes,  in 

variety. 

303  J.  Clements  &,  Bro Riding  Bridles,  Martingales,  &c. 

304  E.  B.  Hotchkiss Paper  Boxes,  variety  styles  and  finish. 

305  do.  Process  of  making  Paper  Boxes. 

306  Tuers  &  Cooper White  Lead  and  Colors,  in  great  variety. 

307  Mockridge  &  Son Builders'  Tools  and  Planes,  in  variety. 

308  S.  A.  Farrington Reed  Organ. 

309  A.  Judson  &  Son  Reed  Organ. 

310  Atchison  &  Ogden Drain  Pipes  and  Pottery,  in  variety. 

311  T.  A.  Roberts Architectural  Drawings. 

312  S.  L.  Hubbell Patent  Clothes  Horse. 

313  Bannister  &  Tichenor    ..Fine  Boots  and  Shoes. 

314  do.  ..Pair  Boots,  made  by  Daniel  Bruen,  Esq.,  50 

years  ago. 

315  A.  W.  Lindsley   Plumbing  Work. 

316  Kate  E.  Meeker Worsted  Work— Portrait  of  Washington. 

317  John  Flock Boot  and  Shoe  Uppers. 

318  W.  T.  &  J.  Mersereau  ..Stair  Rods,   twenty -four  varieties,  Gold  and 

Sil  ver  Plated,  Bronze  and  Brass. 

319  do.  ..Metal  Bridle  Fronts. 

320  do.  ..Trunk  Hardware. 

321  do.  . .  Brass  Stair  Plates,  of  crescent  form. 

322  do.  ..Metal  Dog  Collars. 

323  T.  B.  Peddie Trunks,   Valises,    Traveling  Bags,   Satchels, 

&c.,  in  variety. 

324  H.  Sauerbier  &    Son Saddlers' and  Shoemakers' Tools. 

325  do.  Tanners' and  Curriers' Tools. 

326  do.  ....Saddle  Press. 

327  do.  Imposing  Press. 

328  do.  Trunk  Shears. 

329  do.  Trunk  Punch . 

330  do.  Crimping  Machines,  for  Shoemakers'  use. 

331  do.  Roll  Machine,  for  Shoemakers. 

332  do.  Clock  Motor,  for  Show  Windows. 

333  do.  Fluting  Machines,  with  variety  styles  Rollers. 

334  L.  Lelong  &  Brother Gold,    Silver   and    Sweepings,    showing    the 

various   processes   of  refining   from    the 
Sweeps  to  the  pure  Gold  and  Silver. 

335  Adolph  O.  Decle Artistic  Hair  Work,  forty-three  specimens. 

336  Thomas  Cressey Architectural  Drawings. 

337  John  Young  &  Son Morocco,  in  variety. 

338  John  Charlton Hardware  and  Mechanics'  Tools,  in  variety. 

339  do.  Pinking  Irons. 

340  do.  Fluting  Irons. 

341  do.  Patent  Breech  Loading  Cannon. 

342  Surerus  &  Co Electric  Machine. 

343  do.  Sausage  Filling  Machine. 

344  do.  Hat  Blocking  Machines. 

345  Hedges  &  Brother Plumbers'   Brass  Work,    Nickel  and   Silver 

Plated  and  Bras*. 

346  do.  Hedges'  Patent  Self-Closing  Faucet. 

347  M.  &  G.  Helmstaedter  ..Galvanized  Iron  Goods. 

348  Reynold  &  Zahn Martingale  Chains,  Gold  and  Silver  Plated. 

349  do.  Saddlery  and    Coach  Ornaments,   Gold  and 

Silver  Plated  and  Brass. 

350  David  Thompson     Carbons,  for  Electrical  Batteries. 

351  Mrs.  H.   Sutro Worsted  Work. 

352  Henry  Spiess   Fancy  Foils,  Masks  and  Gloves. 

353  Goddard  Bros.  Mfg.  Co.. Fancy  Brass  Ornaments. 

354  do.  ..Buttons,  in  variety. 


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No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

355  Goddard  Bros.  Mfg.  Co.. Hooks  and  Eyes. 

356  Charles  H.  Bright  Architectural  Drawing*. 

357  Louis  Stein   Engraving  and  Design,  for  Diamond  Jewel  IT. 

358  F.  W.  Meeker Wax  Work. 

359  do.  Bust  of  Lincoln,  in  Wax. 

360  Smith  &  Hedges Furniture — "  Enameled  Bed  Room  Suites." 

361  Miss  Anna  M.  Dickerson  Seed  Wreath,  artistically  arranged. 

362  Edward  N.  Wrigley   . . .  .Patent  Jack  Screws. 

363  Joseph  Woodruff Patent   Balance  Draft  Regulator,   for  Steam 

Boilers. 

364  M.  Drummond  &  Co Patent  Refrigerators. 

365  Anton  Stolz Patent  Lounge*. 

366  Henrietta  Horstmaun Wreath  and  Bouquet,  in  Hair  Work. 

367  W.  T.  Crane  &  Co Carriage  Bolts,  in  variety. 

368  John  Middleton  Newels,  Balusters,  &c.,  ornamental  and  plain. 

369  Browe  Brothers  &  Co   ..Gas  Fixtures  and  Chandeliers. 

370  E.  C.  Meeker  Emblems  and  Views. 

371  C.  D.  Lathrop Rare  Collection  of  Coins. 

372  Miss  S.  Carton     Wax  and  Hair  Flowers. 

373  Samuel  Lagowitz     Bag  and  Satchel  Frames,  in  variety. 

374  John  A.  McDougal Oil  Painting,  Landscape. 

375  Bender  &  Helfrecht   Shawl  Straps,  in  variety. 

376  William  White    Edge  Tools,  in  variety. 

377  Hewson  Brothers  &  Co.. Varnishes — Copal  and  other  varieties. 

378  A.  Hinman    Wax  Flowers. 

379  M.  Gabriel    Carriage  Hardware,  in  variety. 

380  Star  Gas  Machine  Co ....  Portable  Gas  Machine. 

381  Cyrus  Currier  &  Son Paper  Machinery. 

382  do.  Patent  Rubber  Valve  Stuff  Pump. 

383  do.  Kingsland's  Patent  Pulp  Engine. 

384  do.  Engravers' Trransfer  Press. 

385  do.  Beacher's  Patent  Straw  Beating  Machine. 

386  Pierson  &  Hermann  Hat  Blocks. 

387  do.  Hatters'  Tools,  in  variety. 

388  C.  C.  Paxton    Wood  Mouldings,  in  variety. 

389  do Floor  Clamps. 

390  S.  P.  Belcher  &  Co Stained  and  Bent  Glass. 

391  do.  Painting  on  Glass,  for  Church  Windows. 

392  Cole  &  Ballard    Children's  Carriages  and  Sleighs. 

393  Hayden  &  Osborne     Masonic  Altar  Piece  and  Candlesticks. 

394  J.  H.  Balevre Children's  Shoes. 

395  Theodore  Dufford    Harness,  Single  and  Double. 

396  Miss  Hattie  Demarest Wax  Flowers. 

397  Watts,  Campbell  &  Co.. Vertical  Steam  Engine. 

398  do.  . .  Horizontal  Steam  Engine. 

399  do.  ..Shafting,  Hangers  and  Pullies. 

400  do.  ..Steam  Valves  and  Fittings. 

401  do.  ..Assortment  of  Brass  Work. 

402  do.  ..Machinists' Tools. 

403  Richardson  Brothers Saws — Circular  and  other  varieties. 

404  David  Walker Patent  Self-Rocking  Cradles. 

405  do Children's  Cribs. 

406  Joseph  Kirk Photographs,  in  variety. 

407  do Photographs.  Portraits  of  Prominent  Citizens. 

408  William  A.  Kipp Specimens  of  Lithographic  Work. 

409  H.  B.  Kimball Shirts,  Collars.  Cuffs,  &c. 

410  J.  B.  Van  Patten Gas  Illuminator. 

41 1  do.  Inlaid  Work  Boxes. 

412  do.  Patent  Combination  Pad  Lock. 

413  Ridler  &  Co Patent  Pump  Valves,  &c. 

414  Edgar  Farmer  &  Co Trunks,   Valises,  Traveling  Bags,     Satchels, 

\c.,  in  variety. 

415  Edward  Frohner Oil  Paintings. 


59 

Xo.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

416  Edward  P.  Merrett Collection  of  Rare  Minerals. 

417  William  C.  Creamer Oil  Paintings. 

418  Frederick  Keer    Gilt  and  Walnut  Picture  Frames. 

419  B.  W.  Jeffrey Steam  Engines,    two-horse  power,  made   by 

two  Boys,  eighteen  years  of  age. 

420  Belcher,  Brother  &  Co  . .  Rules  and  Paper  Cutters,  in  variety. 

421  Miss  Hattie  Campbell ....  Wax  Flowers. 

422  F.  L.  Huff Photographs,  in  variety. 

423  C.  Stengel  &  Sons Patent  and  Enameled  Leather,  in  variety. 

424  A.  Vincent    Horn  Buttons,  in  variety,  also  specimens  of 

the  Raw  Material. 

425  Hawkins  &  Dodge Hunt's  Concentric  Printing  Press. 

426  do.  "  Little  Jobber "  Printing  Press. 

427  do.  Lead  Cutter,  for  Printers. 

428  do.  Dodge's  Section  and  Force  Pump. 

429  do.  Mitre  Machine,  for  Wood  Mouldings. 

430  do.  Blind  Slat  Wiring  Machine. 

431  do.  Shafting,  Hangers  and  Pullies. 

432  do.  Belt   Machine,   for  Grinding    and    Polishing 

Wood  and  Metals. 
432 }  o  do.  Machinery  and  Machinists'  Tools. 

433  "Taylor  &  Williams Boots  and  Shoes,  in  variety. 

434  Philip  Bower    Patent  Clothes  Dryer. 

435  Thomas  Gay  &  Son Artificial  Stone. 

436  Miss  Ida  Stanbery Wax  Cross,  entwined  with  Flowers. 

437  R.  -Ward  &  Co    Patent  and  Enameled  Leather,  in  vaiiety. 

438  John  Ruckelhaus Bed  Lounges. 

439  Alfred  F.  Munn Cart  Harness. 

440  do  Saddles,  English  and  American. 

441  J.  Walden Waldeii's  Patent  Shoe  Fitting  Machine. 

442  George  W.  Hubert Collection  of  Rare  Coins  and  Currency. 

443  A.  J.  Doty Oil  Painting,  "  Fruit." 

444  do Oil  Painting,  ['  Landscape." 

445  Dickinson  &  Rowden  ..  .Two  Geometrical  Engraving  Lathes. 

446  McDermit  &  Looker Furniture— -Fine  Parlor  and  Bedroom  Suites. 

447  M.  Ortel Springs— Elliptic,  C,  Platform,  Coach,  &c. 

448  David  C.  McMillen Axles,  in  variety. 

449  James  Marshall  &  Co Gents'  and  Boys'  Clothing,  in  suits. 

450  I.  D.  Weed Brooms,  in  variety. 

450  *<£         do Process  of  manufacturing  Brooms. 

451  Wheeler  &  Crane Saddlery    Hardware,    Gold,    Silver,    Crystal 

Pla'ted  and  Japanned,  Wrought  Bits,  &c. 

452  ^Seymour  &  Whitlock Seymour's  Patent  Sash  Dove-Tailing  Machine. 

453  do.  . . .  Friction  Motor,  for  driving  Sewing  Machines. 

454  Miss  M.  Stanbery Masonic  Emblems,  in  Wax,  with  Flowers. 

455  Hoi-ace  Harris Patent  Perpetual  Calendar. 

456  G.  W.  Gorum Patent  Liquid  Measurer. 

457  E.  Simon  &  Brothers Trunks,    Valises,    Traveling  Bags,    Satchels 

and  Sportsmen's  Goods,  in  variety. 

458  do.  Patent  Trunk,    Cradle   and   Bath   Tub   com- 

bined. 

459  The  Singer  Man'f 'g  Co  . .  Sewing  Machine  Twist,   artistically  arranged, 

also  the  Raw  Material,   through  the  dif- 
ferent stages  of  manufacture. 

460  Albreoht  &  Koch Specimens  of  Book  Binding. 

461  John  Y.  Johnson Files  and  Rasps,  in  variety. 

462  T.  W.  R.  Rayuor Patent  Tin  Washing  machine. 

463  L.  R.  Sanders Church  and  Hotel  Lanterns. 

464  do.  Patent  Machine  for  administering  Medicine  to 

Horses. 

465  Christopher  Roberts Fancy   Rubber    Goods,    for    Stationers    and 

Druggists,  three  hundred  varieties. 

466  Peter  W.  Weida Smoothing  and  Polishing  Irons,  Nickel  Plated. 


60 

No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

467  Charles  Munson Natural  Flowers  and  Plants. 

468  H.  Stanbery Specimen  of  Sign  Writing. 

469  Lowrie,  Clawson&TuckerFluting  Machines,  assorted  sizes. 

470  Joseph  Manz List  Carpets. 

471  Benjamin  Frazee Patent  Window  Sash  and  Frame. 

472  Mi  H.  M.  T.  Dcvine Paper  Dress  Patterns. 

473  Adam  Helmstaedter Wood  Turning,  in  variely. 

474  Misses  Best Millinery  and  Fancy  Goo'ds. 

475  Mui  ry  &  Edison Telegraph  Instruments. 

476  Bolen,  Crane  &  Co Steam  Pump. 

477  do.  Bolt  Cutter,  steam  power. 

478  A.Albright Hard  Rubber  Coated  Harness  and  Carriage 

Mountings,    "  only    Manufactory  in  the 
WTorld." 

479  Julius  Pape Signs  and  Show  Cards. 

480  Mary  Saubott Agricultural  Wreath,  in  frame  of  Leather. 

481  Mrs,  Arnold Embroidery. 

482  Mrs.  H.  F.  Osborne Fancy  Quilt,  Specimen  of  Hand  Needle  Work. 

483  August  Becker Lapidary  Work,  in  varietv. 

484  Frederick  Schrafft Variety 'of  Rare  Plants. 

485  Benjamin  Atha  &  Co Harr.mered  and  Rolled  Cast   Steel,  ingots  and 

bars. 

486  William  Dietrichsen Photographs,  in  variety. 

487  George  W.  Marshall Saddles— Gig,  Express  and  Coupe. 

488  Charles  G.  Campbell Gilt  and  Walnut  Picture  Frames,  in  variety. 

489  do.  Pier  Glass,  Mirror  and  Mantel  Glass  Frames. 

490  Frederick  Rieker Fine  Confectionery  and  Sugar  Work. 

491  Thomas  Jones Oil  Painting,  ''  The  Donnybrook  Jig." 

492  J.  J.  Spurr Marble  Bust  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

493  do Marble  Mantels. 

494  do Mosaic  Inlaid  Table. 

495  J.  G.  Beitl Paintings  and  Drawings. 

496  David  M.  Meeker Malleable  and  Gray  Iron  Castings,  in  variety. 

497  do.  Brass  and  Composition  Castings,  in  variety. 

498  'do.  Mill  Castings. 

499  do.  Patent  Stamp  Presses. 

500  do.  Appliance  for  Splicing  Wire  Rope. 

501  do.  Patent  Carriage  Umbrella  Holder. 

do.  Patent  Tube  Scraper. 

503  do.  Attachment,  for  Sewing  Machine. 

504  Kirkpatrick  &  Ailing ....  Shirts,  Collars  and  Cuffs. 

£05     S.  G.  Sturges,  Son  &  Co. Buckles,   Hames,    &c.,    Silver    and   Crystal 
Plated  and  Japanned. 

506  .  do.  .Saddlery  Hardware. 

507  Oliver  B.  Marsh Astronomical  Clock. 

508  do.  Eight  Day  Watch,  Movement  of  Steel,  Chro- 

nometer Escapement. 

509  R.  Heinisch's  Sons Heinisch's  Patent  Tailor  Shears. 

510  do.  Trimmers  and  Scissors. 

511  do.  Razors. 

512  James  Crisp Mills'  Patent  Adjustable  Treadles,  tor  Sewing 

Machines. 

513  L.  B.  Miller Mattrasses,  in  variety. 

514  M.  Gould's  Sons Stair  Rods,  with  Patent  Fastenings,  in  variety, 

Gold,  Silver,  Bronze  and  Lacquered. 

515  William  J.  Dudley Fine  Boots  and  Shoes. 

516  H.  F.  Wood Oil  Paintings. 

do.          Photographs,  in  variety. 

518  do.          Porcelain  Pictures,  in  variety. 

519  P.  S.  Van  Patten Flavoring  Extracts. 

520  S.  B.  Greacen Model  of  Propeller  Engine,  of  Steel. 

521  Dowden  &  Brother Dowden's  Prepared  Flour. 

522  *  P.  Lowentraut Mechanics'  Tools,  in  variety. 


61 

No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

523  Mrs.  Jam.es  Holmes Worsted  Work,  "  Flowers." 

524  do.  Worsted  "Work,  "  Animals." 

525  Samuel  Patterson     The  Attractor,    a   Novel   Game    of  Marbles, 

equally  attractive  for  Adults  as  Children. 

526  T.W.  &  G.  Bodenschatz.  Copper  Range  Boilers. 

527  A.  Buermaim    Mexican  Bits  and  Spurs,  Nickel  and  Silver 

Plated. 

528  Caroline  Winkler     Worsted  Work,  "  Moses   Delivering'  the  Ten 

Commandments.'' 

529  William  H.  Hedden    Lemon  Tree,  laden  with  Fruit. 

nHO     John  R.  S.  Denton Sea  Shells  and   Shell  Work,  in  extensive  va- 
riety. 

531  William  H.  Campbell Elevators,    for     Hotels,     Dwellings,    Ware- 

houses, &c. 

532  Mrs.  J.  W.  Hawn   Millinery  Goods. 

533  William  King  &  Co   Paper  Boxes. 

534  Charles  Upton Segars,  in  variety. 

535  D.  & .  G.  Delany Springs— C,  Coach,  Elliptic,  &c. 

536  S.  B.  &  M.  C.  Crane Wood  Hames,  in  variety. 

537  Thomas  Van  Wagoner  ..Target  Rifle,  •'  Stock  made  from  wood  grown 

in  Newark." 

538  Bless  &  Drake     Sad  Iron,  self-heating  and  other  styles. 

539  Stauiar  &  Laffey Brass    and   Copper   Wire   Cloth,    Rope   and 

Twine,  in  variety,  also  the  Raw  Material 
of  Copper  and  Zinc,  and  running  through 
the  various  stages  to  manufactured  Cloth. 
r>4<)     William  F.  Rowden   Steam  Engine,  one-halt  horse  power. 

541  N.  J.  Demarest  &  Co ....  Harness  and  Saddlery. 

542  Joseph  Christl Fine  Metal  Carving,  "  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill." 

543  do.  Medallion,  "  Portrait  of  Washington." 

544  do.  Medallion,  "Portrait  of  Lincoln." 

545  Charles  Voigt Natural  Flowers  and  Plants. 

546  Adelia  Cone Fancy  Calico  Quilts. 

547  Bradford  Peck Oil  Painting,  "  Portrait." 

548  E.  A.  Young  Brooms,  in  variety. 

549  Man*  J.  Conkliu Fancy  Quilt. 

550  J.  W.  Stickel   Dental  Material  and  Artificial  Teeth. 

551  Edward  S.  Clymer Miniature  Ship  and  Yacht. 

552  August  Doru  * Fancy  Scroll  Work,  in  variety. 

553  Mary  J.  Creamer    Oil  Painting. 

554  Mrs.  E.  A.  Graham     Oil  Painting. 

555  E.  &  R.  J.  Gould  Lathe. 

556  do.  Twenty-four  inch  Gear  Cutter. 

557  do.  One  and  one-quarter  inch  Bolt  Cutter. 

558  do.  Sixteen  inch  Drill  Press,  with  S. 

559  R.  J.  Gould Steam  Fire  Engine,  second-class,  with  Gould's 

Patent  Double  Pump. 

560  Matthew  Waters Specimens  of  rich  Gold,  Silver,  Lead  and  Cop- 

per Ores. 

561  do.  Jewelers'  Sweepings,  with  the  different  pro- 

cesses  passed   through    before   the   pure 
Gold  and  Silver  could  be  obtained. 

562  Sargeant  Man'f'g  Co.  ...Novelty   Gig  Trees  (new),   with   Pads    and 

Saddles. 

563  do.  Cole's  Wedge  Tongue  Trace  Buckles. 

564  do.  Saddlery  Hardware,  in  variety. 

565  Hewes  &  Phillips Upright  Boring  Mill. 

566  do.  Gear  Cutting  Machines. 

567  do.  Nine   and   tnirteen    inch   Shaping   Machines, 

with  circular  motion. 

568  do.  Twel  ve  inch  Lathe. 

569  do.  Pipe  Cutter. 

570  do.  Planing  Machine,  cross  head. 


62 

No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

571  Hewes  &  Phillips Fourteen  and  eighteen  inch  Chucks. 

572  do.  One  and   one-half,    two.   three,   four  inch  Kx- 

pansion  Taps. 

573  do.  Hewes'  Patent  Self-Cleaning  Water  Stops. 

574  do.  Hydrants. 

575  do.  Brass  Goods,  in  variety. 

576  do.  Four  engravings  of  the  original  Engine  made 

by  Seth  Boyden. 

577  do.  Engravings,  "  Monitor." 

578  do.  Engraving,  "  Machinery  of  a  Steamer." 

579  E.  C.  Duelly Confectionery. 

580  George  D.  DeVore Patent  Cloth  Measurer. 

581  B.  Osborne Patent  Paper  Boxes,  for  Ice   Cream,  Confec- 

tionery, &c. 

582  Mrs.  A  very  Smith Moss  Cottage. 

583  S.  A.  Darrach Patent  Four  Wheel  Crutch,  for  Invalids. 

584  Mrs.  D.  Hunter Hair  Work— Jewelry,  Wigs,  Curls,  &c. 

585  William  M.  Edwards Brass  Faucets,  in  variety. 

586  Hinman  &  Walsh Mourning  Goods. 

587  John  Stewart Specimens  of  Scraping  on  Surface  Plates 

588  Smith  &  Ten-ell Bobbin  Machines. 

589  M.  C.  Burt Miniature  Ship,  Full   Kigged,   Standing  Rig- 

ging of  Copper  Wire. 

590  H.  C.  Ball Door  Plat;  s,  Silver  Plated,  in  variety 

591  J.  H.  G.  Hawes Wash  Bowl  and  Stand,  complete. 

592  do.  Water  Closet,  complete. 

593  do.  Bathing  Apparatus,  complete. 

594  Morns  &  Doty Comfortables  and  Bed  Spreads. 

595  E.  H.  Landell "  Grant  Tent." 

593  do.  .Awnings,  Flags,  &c. 

597  Casper  Birkle .Hand  Carving— Brackets,  Heads,  &c. 

598  Henry  Haurey Coyle's  Patent  Flue  Brushes. 

599  Emma  Carhuff Wax  Flowers. 

600  Ella  Doremus WTreath  of  Wax  Flowers. 

601  Frederick  P.  Fowle Lead  Pencil  Drawing. 

602  Westervelt  &  Hapward. .  Specimen  of  Sign  Writing. 

603  Pellet  &  Conover Rustic  Work,  in  variety. 

604  E.  H.  Hammond Chalk  Crayons,  for  Schools. 

605  John  Jelliff  &  Co Fine  Furniture,  in  variety. 

606  George  Post .   Specimens  of  Wood  Carving 

607  Washoe  Tool  Co Miners'  Tools— Picks,  &c. 

608  Nettie  Scarlett Fancy  Quilt. 

609  Sarah  Price Fancy  Quilts. 

610  Christopher  Sippel Ivory  and  Wood  Turning,  for  Carriage  Work, 

&c. 

611  Charles  Oppel Segar  Boxes. 

612  i  William  J.  Aschenbach ..  Harness. 

613  Sinclair  &  McClellan Spool  Cotton. 

614  Clough,  Kendall  &  Co..  -Stationers'  Fancy  Goods. 

615  J.  T.  Crane,  Jr Specimen  Crayon  Drawing. 

616  Charles  Waterbury Rustic  Picture. 

617  M.  B.  Tidcy Sash,  Blind   and  Doormakers'   Variety    Ma- 

chine, with  five  Attachments. 

618  do.          Circular  Saw  Table,  with  eleven  Attachments. 

619  do.          Adjustable  Counter  Sh:ift. 

620  do.  Pendulum  or  Swing  Cross-cut  Saw. 

621  Erastus  W.  Roff Moulding  Machine,  with  power. 

622  Katherine  Horter Worsted  Work — "  Picture." 

623  James  G.  Lucas^ Lucas'  Patent  Adjustable  Copy  Holder. 

624  Passmore  &  Meeker  ....Marble  Mantels. 

625  Emma  J.  Coles Pond  Lilies,  in  wax. 

626  Macknet,  Wilson  &  Co. .  .General  Hardware. 

627  Theodore  M.  Ely Machinery  Oils. 


63 

No.  Exhibitors.                                                 Articles  Exhibited. 

6*28  James  M.  Quinby  &  Co.Landaulett  on  Combination  Springe. 

629  do.  .Light  six-seat,  one-half  top  Phaeton. 

630  do.  .Liijht  four-seat,  extension  Top  Phaeton. 

631  do.  .Two  Side  Bar  Top  Buggies,   weight   140  and 

142  pounds. 

632  William  H.  Cleveland..  .Crayon  Picture. 

633  Frank  Wilson Miniature  Ship. 

634  C.  Lawrenz Machine  for  administering  Medicine  to  Horses. 

635  Stevens.  Roberts  &  Havell,Portmonnaie  and  Satchel  Frames. 

636  do.  Steel  Buttons. 

637  do.  Steel  Hat  Buckles. 

638  do.  Steel  Satchel  Locks. 

639  do.  Button  Hooks. 

640  do.  Belt  and  Gaiter  Clasps, 

641  do.  Trunk  and  Bag  Trimmings. 

642  do.  Patent  Skates. 

643  do.  Pinking  Irons. 

644  Miss  Eveline  L.  Dennis.. Fine  Afghan. 

645  do.  . .  Hair  Wreath. 

646  Ward,       Huntington     & 

Dunham Trunk  Boxes,  Wood  Mouldings  and  Brackets. 

647  William  R.  Withers Patent  Toy  Ball  Tosser. 

648  C.  H.  Tyler Tents,  Awnings  and  Flags. 

649  R.  A.  Hutchinson Patent  Grate  Bars. 

650  Stephen  Grimes Washing  Machines. 

651  Hartmann,  Schuetz  &  Co. Fine  Jewelry. 

652  Golder  &  Post Landau. 

653  do Brett. 

654  do Close  Quarter  Coach. 

655  do.          Two  Piano  Body  Buggies. 

656  William  King  &  Co Doors,  Sashes,  Blinds,   Scroll   Wrork,  Brack- 

ets, &c. 

657  ^Charles  Courtois Oil  Painting,   "  Basket  Peaches,"  by  Bennett. 

0;>  do.  Oil  Painting,  "  Parepa  Rosa,"  by  G.  Gerhard. 

659  do.  Oil  Painting,  "  The  Old  Church,"  by  Wm.  M 

Brown. 

660  do.  Oil  Painting,  "  The  Tale,"  by  Wm.  M.Brown. 

661  do.  Oil  Painting,  "  View  on  Long  Island,"     do. 

662  do.  Oil  Painting,  "  Study  of  Oxhearts,"          do. 

663  do.  Oil  Painting,  "  Sheep,"  by  Coe  A.  Drake. 

664  do Oil  Painting,  "  Shady  Brook,"     do. 

665  do.  Oil  Painting,  "  Kitten,"  do. 

666  do.  Oil  Painting,  "Summer,"  by  John  Hagny. 

667  do.  Oil  Painting,  Washington's  "  Copy  of  Gilbert 

Stuarts,"  by  John  Hagny. 

668  do.  Oil  Painting,  "View  on  the  Passaic,"  by  J. 

Hagny. 

669  Frederick  Keifer Galleric  Settings  and  Mountings  for  Jewels, 

670  Ishain  Peterson Washing  Soap. 

671  Frederick  E.  Johnson  ..  .Upright  Steam  Engines. 

672  Chas.  H.  Shipman'&  Bro. Varnishes — Copal  and  other  varieties. 

673  E.  P.  Spahn Oil  Paintings,  Portraits. 

674  do Photographs. 

675  Isaac  B.  Kilburn Carriage  Bent  Work— Rims,  Bows,  &c. 

676  Danklesson,      Brack      & 

Schaffer Wood  Turning,  in  variety. 

677  George  Peters Patent  Harness  Pads. 

678  do.          Saddles,  American  and  Mexican. 

679  Mrs.  Arnold Fancy  Caps. 

680  Elmer  C.  Ward Lead  Pencil  Drawing. 

681  B.  Assman Hatters' Kettle. 

682  do Copper  Pans,  &c.,  for  Jewelers. 

683  Charles  B.  Smith Chemists'  and  Druggists'  Articles. 


64 

No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

684  James  G.  It-win Gold  Pens  and  Gold  and  Silver  Pencil  Cases. 

685  E.  C.  Robertson Varnishes — Copal  and  other  varieties. 

686  George  A.  Schachtel   Patent  Extension  Platform  Step  Ladder. 

687  John  W.  Dennison Steam  Fire  Engine. 

688  Mrs.  Maria  Kirk patrick.. Shell  Flowers,  artistically  arranged. 

689  J.  Cole Model— Full  Rigged  Ship. 

690  S.  B.  Miller  &  Co Well  Pumps. 

691  C.  F.  Eichhorn Two  Oil  Paintings.  ' '  Fruit." 

692  Joseph  Beitl Bust,  "  Seth  Boy  den." 

693  Charles  Leroy Plain  and  Broche  Shawls,  "  the  only  Broche 

Shawl  manufactory  in  the  country." 

694  Maria  Dusel Fancy  Rosettes. 

695  George  Donack Tubs*  Well  Buckets  and  Kegs. 

696  John  Roberts Self-Balancing  Window. 

697  Helen  Hune Fancy  Tidies. 

698  Elenora  Geiger Sample  Tidy. 

699  New  Jersey  Zinc  Co Spelter. 

700  do.  Samples  Oxide  of  Zinc. 

701  do.  Samples  Zinc  Ore. 

702  do.  Franklinite  or  Speigelisen. 

703  Aaron  B.  Williams Patent  Double  Action  Spring. 

704  Arnold  Shaw Patent  Hangings,  for  Sliding  Doors. 

705  A.  B.  Underwood Crystal  Pens  and  Indelible  Ink. 

706  Henry  Taylor Platfonn  Spring  Wagon. 

707  J.  Colyer  &  Co Prince  Albert  Phaeton. 

708  do.  Extension  Top  Cabriolet. 

709  do.  Track  Sulky  (56  Pounds). 

710  do.  Doctor's  Phaeton. 

711  do.  Top  Buggy. 

712  do.  Skeleton  Wagon. 

713  do.  Short  Top  Brett. 

714  John  P.  Brooks Chair  Couplings  or  Portable  Settees. 

715  Phineas  Jones  &  Co Wheels,  Spokes,  &c.  % 

716  Phineas  Jones Jones' Patent  Hub. 

717  Eagle  &  Allen Plastic  Slate  Roofing. 

718  Charles  S.  Weldon Model— No  Top  Trotting  Buggy. 

719  Kassian  Wagner Specimen  of  Wood  Carving,   "Amazon  and 

Lion." 

720  do.  Silk  Spindle  in  Bottle,  very  ingenious. 

721  Taylor  Brothers Mattrasses,  Pillows  and  Bolsters. 

722  Sommer  &  Co Fluting  Machines. 

723  Theo.  F.  Johnson  &  Co. . Coffee,  Spices  and  Baking  Powder. 

724  Terence  Devine Specimen  of  Cut  Glass.for  Doors  and  Windows 

725  Lutz  &  Schultheis  ......  Balusters,  Newels,  Hitching  Posts,  &c. 

726  George  Gerhard Oil  Painting,  Portrait  "  Groff  and  Lady." 

727  do.  Oil  Painting,  ' '  Portrait . " 

728  Nenninger  &  Son Table  and  Stair  Oil  Cloth,  in  variety. 

729  Lillie  Desosway Crochet  Tidy. 

730  Walter  M.  Conger Conger's  Patent  Stove  Platforms,  in  variety. 

731  William  S.  Meeker Boot  and  Shoe  Uppers. 

732  Riley  &  Lynch Fancy  Gilt,  Steel  and  Brass  Ornaments. 

733  do.     "         Masonic  Emblems. 

734  do.  Campaign  Badges. 

735  do.  Military  Trimmings. 

736  do.  Pond  Lillies,  in  Wax. 

737  Miss  C.  Sherwood Wax  Cross. 

738  Louisa  J.  Martz Wax  Flowers. 

739  Catharine  Horn   Wax  Fruit. 

740  do.  Worsted  Picture. 

741  do.  ...Hair  Picture. 

742  John  G.  Crawford Segars,  in  variety. 

743  Katy  Sauerwein Large  Counterpane. 

744  William  Discho  Improved  Patent  Culinary  Boiler  or  Steamer. 


65 

No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

745     Miss  Huttie  Sunders   ....  Wreath  and  Cross,  in  Wax. 

748  Michael  Schnitzer Fancy  Walnut  Bird  Cages. 

737     Leverich  &-  Enders Piano  Box,  Side  Bar  Trotting  Buggy,  weight 

135  pounds. 
71-  do.  Prince  Albert  Phaeton. 

749  do.  Park  Phaeton  (for  four  persons). 

750  do.  Sundown  Platform  Carriage,  pole  and  shafts. 

751  do.  Three-quarter  Coup^  Clarence  Platform  Car- 

riage, pole  and  shafts. 

7.rrt>  do.  Light  Top,    Side    Bar   Buggy,    weight   250 

pounds. 

753  Will i-mi  B.  Douglass Patent  Whittietree  Coupling. 

754  Anna  G.  W.  Kane Oil  Pointing,  "  The  First  Lesson." 

755  William  James  &  Co Morticed  Hubs,  in  variety. 

756  William  Steveley  &  Co.. Carriage  Bent  Work,  in  variety. 

757  do.  ..Wheels  and  Spokes. 

758  Isaac  P.  Frink Prismatic  Reflecting  Chandelier,  for  Parlors. 

759  Emma  L.  Curtis Fancy  Qm'lt. 

761 1     Rue  &  McKechnie Files  and  Rasps. 

761  Charles  Garrabrant Fine  Boots  and  Shoes. 

76'<J  Clark  Thread  Co Automatic  Spooling  Machine,  in  motion. 

763  do.  Machine  for  Turning  Spools,  in  motion. 

7R4  do.  Spool  Cotton,   also  the  Raw  Material  in  the 

different  stages  of  manufacture. 

7;i">  Mrs.  Benjamin  J.  Mayo.. Pond  Lillies,  in  Wax, 

736  Patrick  Murphy Patent  Horse  Shoes,  for  Race  Horses,  &c. 

737  Elizabeth  Stager Seed  Flowers,  artistically  arranged. 

768  J.  B.  Cockefair Specimen  of  Marbleizing. 

769  Newark  Lime  and  Cement 

Company Farmers'  Plaster. 

770  do.'    Cement. 

771  do Calcined  Plaster. 

772  do Dentists' Plaster. 

773  Manhattan  Cloth  &  Paper 

Company Specimens  of  Russialine   Goods,    imitation  of 

Leather,  made  from  Paper. 

John  C.  Crane Vase  Silkworm  Cocoons. 

Batten,  Downing  &  Co.. Ornamental  Enameled  Window  Glass. 
Wm.  J.  Gunning  &  Co.. Composition  Boxes. 
777     Miss  Sophie  B.  Ricord..  .Life  Size  Bust  of  her  Father,   Hon.    F.  W. 

Ricord,  Mayor  of  Newark. 
77 1*     .John  M.  Enzingmuller  ..Oil  Painting,  "'Death  of  Abel." 

779  do.  ..Oil  Painting,  "Christ  in  the  Temple." 

780  do.  . .  Steel    Engraving,    "  History   of    the   United 

States." 

781  C.  H.  Leonard Looking  Glass  and  Picture  Frames,  in  variety. 

78-J     Sam'l  Hall's  Sons  &  Co.  .Doyle's  Patent  Pulley  Block. 

783    Atlas  Manufacturing  Co.  .Two  Wool  Burring  Machines. 

7^4     Yates,  Wharton  &  Co  ...Gents'  Felt  Hats,    in    variety,    also   the   Raw 

Material  through  the  different  stages  of 

manufacture. 

785  Mrs.  A.  Mace Wax  Cross. 

786  L.  Van  Buskirk Patent  Clothes  Dryer. 

787  Joseph  W.  Van  Sant Reversible  Oscillating  Steam  Engine. 

788  Henry  T.  Peck Artificial  Teeth  and  Dentists'  Goods. 

7S9     Halsej    Patent    Box    and 

Ca'se  Co Vulcanized  Rubber  Watch  Cases  and  Lockets, 

"  the    only   Manufactory   in   the  United 
States." 
7(J(»     W.  F.  Bauer  .*. Steel  Restorative  Compound. 

791  Charles  Schopfer Cooperage — Barrels,    one,   one-half,  one-quar- 

ter and  one-sixth  size. 

792  do.  Churning  Machines. 


66 

No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

793  Charles  Schopfer  ........  Patent  Tub,  for  Pickling  Cabbage. 

794  Miss  Mary  Maynard  ____  Hand  Knit  Curtain,  by  a  Lady   eighty  years 

of  age. 

795  do.  ____  Three  Hand  Knit  Tidies,  by  same  Lady. 

796  John  Geiger  .......  .  .  ___  Files  and  Rasps,  in  variety. 

797  John  H.  Edwards  .......  Patent  Clothes  Dryer. 

798  Julius  Bartos  ...........  Crayon  Portrait,  *'  General  Grant." 

799  Miss  Bertha  Locher  .....  Flowers  and  Wreath,  in  Wax. 

800  J.  F.  Dodd  .............  Crystal  Prussiate  Potash. 

801  Benedict  &  Mitchell   ____  Patent  Trunk  Buckles  and  Loops. 

802  Mrs.  G   H.  Bannister  ____  Flowers,  in  Wax. 

803  James  H.  Thomas  .......  Machinery  Oils. 

804  A.  Matzinger  ...........  Crayon  Drawing. 

805  Noon  Brothers  ..........  Conger's  Patent  Water  Filter. 

806  Nicholas  Groel  ..........  Patent  Trunk  and  Life  Boat,  combined. 

807  Thomas  Ring  ...........  Model—  Full  Rigged  Yacht. 

808  Michael  Sheridan  .......  Horse  Shoes,  for  Winter  and  Summer  use. 

809  Jones  Manufacturing  Co.  Patent  Scraper  Plane. 

810  do.  .Double  Action  Work  Holder,  for  Woodwork- 

ers' Bench. 

811  do.  -Patent  Gem  Laundry  Irons. 

812  Stephen  B.  Sanders  .....  Platform  Barouche. 

813  do.  .....  Perch  Barouche. 

814  Dobbins  &  Van  Ness  ____  Square  Box  Buggy. 

815  Augustus  Will  ..........  Bouquet,  in  Hair. 

816  G.  W.  Scardefield  .......  Oil  Paintings,  by  McDougal. 

817  do.  .......  Burnishing  Stones,  in  variety. 

819  Mrs.  H.  M.  Cook  .......  Agricultural  Wreath. 

820  Passmore  &  Meeker  .....  Specimens  of  California  Marble. 

821  Sarah  Price  ............  Carriage  Robe. 

822  Mrs.  Wm.  B.  Archer  ____  Worsted  Picture,  "Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  la- 

menting the  Death  of  the  dying  Douglass.'' 

823  James  R.  Say  re,  Jr.  &Co  .  Marble  Dust. 

824  do.  .Calcined  Plaster. 

825  do.  .Hydraulic  Cement. 
do.                   .Fire  Brick. 


826  "Thomas  Van  Wagoner..  .Patent  Skates. 

827  do.  ...Patent  Shade  Roller. 

828  do.  ...Patent  Jewelers'  Benches. 

829  Turner  &  Brown  .......  Extension  Tables. 

830  Dr.  J.  Weigand  ........  Specimens  of  Dentistry. 

831  W.  L.  Fish  ............  Patent  Sewing  Machine  Attachment. 

832  Mrs.  E.  C.  Woolsou  .....  Water  Color  Picture,  "  Fruit." 

833  do.  .....  Water  Color  Picture,  '  '  Flowers." 

834  do.  ......  Water  Color  Picture,  "  Easter  Morning." 

835  Aaron  H.  Roff  ..........  Pair  of  Boots,  joined  together  as  one,  without 

seam. 

836  W.  L.  Chase  &  Co  ......  Foot  Lathe. 

837  do.  ......  Adj  ustable  Scroll  Saw. 

838  do.  '  ......  Adj  ustable  Slide  Rest. 

839  John  Sommer  ..........  Wood  Faucets,  in  variety. 

840  Wm.  Drummond  &  Son  .Patent  Ash  Sifter. 

841  W.  H.  Coates  ..........  Harp  and  Flowers,  in  Wax. 

842  C.  Nugent  &  Co  ........  Morocco,  in  variety. 

843  do.  ........  Alligator  Skins,  Tanned  and  Finished. 

844  Jeremiah  O'Rourke.  ....  .Perspective  Views,  "  Interior  Roman  Catholic 

Cathedral." 

845  do.  ......  "Bishop's  Palace,  Newark." 

846  do.  ......  "  New  St.  Joseph's  Church,  Newark." 

847  do.  ......  "  Seton  Hall  College." 

848  do.  ......  View  of  Hospital    Sisters   of  Charity,    of  St. 

Paul's  Church,  Princeton.  N.  J. 

849  do.  ......  View  Interior  same  Building. 


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No.  Exhibitors.  Articles  Exhibited. 

850  do.  Crayon    Drawing,     "Lady  in    the    time   of 

Henry  VIII." 

851  do.  Crayon  Drawing,  "  Turkish  Prince." 

852  Charles  Foect Calla  Plant. 

853  Henry  F.  Edwards Model  of  Schooner,  Full  Eigged. 

854  John  E.  McGrath   Pearl  Buttons,  in  variety. 

855  A.  E.  Hedden Taxidermy— Butcher  Bird  and  Sparrow. 

856  A.  Bertram   Architectural  Drawing. 

857  M.  Gabriel    Huh  Bands,  Gold  and  Silver  Plated. 

858  Bosch  Brothers    Door  Locks,  in  variety. 

859  do.  Door  Plates.Knobs  and  Numbers,  Silver  Plated. 

860  C.  O.  Ripley    Telegraph  Arms,  Brackets  and  Pins. 

861  do.      "      Base  Ball  Bats,  &c. 

86-2  William  Blum Patent  Harness  and  Trace  Buckles. 

863  Theresa  Korb   Afghan. 

864  P.  W.  Vail  &  Co Gents'  Felt  Hats  and  Hat  Materials,  from  the 

Fine  Fur  to  the  manufactured  article. 

865  T.  P.  Howell  &  Co     Fancy  Wool  Mats,  in  variety. 

866  do.  Fancy  Wool  Foot  Muffs. 

867  Corey  &  Stewart Hats.  Caps,  Furs,  dec. 

868  Daniel  Troxell Child's  Carriage,  with  Patent  Brake. 

869  E.  S.  Nelson  (colored)    . .Gold  Ear  Drops  and  Knobs. 

870  I.  W.  Nuttman Oil  Painting,  "  Fruits." 

871  do.  Chinese  Fan,  cut  from  one  piece  of  wood. 

S7->  Miss  Elizabeth  Neumann. Worsted  Work  Slippers. 

873  Miss  Abby  Dodd     Burr  Picture  Frames. 

874  E.  A.  Underwood Photographic   Views,   "Keaper,  Binder   and 

Mower." 

875  Howard  W.  Ilsley Drawing,  "Locomotive  Engine.'' 

876  John  Hough Ancient  Castle,  composed  of  Metal. 


The  following  is  a  copy  of  Agreement  of  Subscribers  to  the 
Enterprise  : 

The  undersigned,  believing  an  Exhibition  of  the  Products  of  Newark 
Industry  exclusively  ;  to  be  held  at  the  Rink  Grounds  in  August  next,  at  a 
season  of  the  year  when  customers  and  strangers  from  all  parts  of  the  world 
visit  the  City  of  New  York  ;  and  the  attractive  features  of  a  NEWARK  EXHI- 
BITION, where  would  be  brought  together  the  great  variety  of  Newark  Manu- 
factures (the  extent  of  which  in  no  other  manner  can  be  realized),  would  draw 
to  this  city  a  multitude  of  visitors,  thereby  adding  wealth  in  various  ways, 
and  be  beneficial,  not  only  to  the  public  in  general,  but  to  the  great  MANU- 
FACTURING IXTKKESTS  through  which  Newark  holds  its  rank  ; 

Therefore,  we  do  hereby  agree  to  place  in  the  aforesaid  Exhibition,  articles 
of  our  own  manufacture,  and 

To  further  the  aforesaid  Exhibition,  we  do  hereby  agree  to  pay  the  amount 
opposite  our  respective  names,  or  such  per  cent,  of  the  same  as  may  be  re- 
quired. 

The  par  value  of  each  share  to  be  twenty  -five  (25)  dollars,  and  all  persons 
subscribing  that  sum  to  become  Shareholders. 

The  Shareholders  to  elect  from  their  number  a  Boaul  of  Managers,  and  they, 
such  other  officers  as  they  may  deem  expedient  for  the  management,  of  the 
said  Exhibition,  at  a  meeting  of  said  Shareholders  to  be  called  by  notice  duly 
given  through  the  public  press  ;  at  which  meeting  the  election  shall  be  decided 
by  a  majority  of  the  Shareholders  then  and  there  represented. 

To  the  end  that  the  benefits  arising  from  said  Exhibition  may  be  still  fur- 
ther extended,  we  do  agree  that  after  all  expenses  of  the  said  Exhibition  are 
paid,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  (100)  dollars  (or  more,  as  a  majority  of  the 

each  of  t 


hares  represented  may  determine),  shall  be  donated  to  each   of  the   several 
Benevolent  Institutions  of  this  City,  to  ' 

Michael's  Hospital,"  '  Newark  Orphan 


Benevolent  Institutions  of  this  City,  to  wit  :   "  St.  Barnabas'  Hospital,"  "St. 
n  Asylum,  "  Foster  Home,"  "German 


Hospital,"  "  Home  for  Aged  Women,"  "Female  Charitable  Society,"  "  St. 
Mary's  Orphan  Asylum,"  "  Boy's  Lodging  House,"  and  "  Home  for  the 
Friendless  ;"  the  surplus  to  be  divided  pro  rata  among  the  Shareholders. 

The  restrictive  character  of  the  said  Exhibition,  as  to  the  entries  of  articles, 
is  understood  not  to  apply  to  particular  individuals  or  branches  of  Manufac- 
ture, but  is  opened  to  all  citizens,  all  branches  of  industry  of  Newark,  subject 
to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  said  Board  of  Managers  may  prescribe. 


The  following  Circulars  were  also  prepared   and  extensively 
circulated: 


meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Newark,  held  in  Library  Hall  on  Wednesday 
g,  April  3d.   the  Mayor,  F.  W.  RicoRD,   presiding,   the  project  of  a 


Atai 
evening, 

Newark  Industrial  Exhibition  was  heartily  indorsed,  and  it  was  unanimously 
decided  to  hold  an  Exhibition  of  Newark  "industries.  At  a  subsequent  meet- 
ing of  subscribers,  a  Board  of  Managers  was  chosen,  who  organized  and 
elected  permanent  officers  of  the  Institution. 

The  design  of  this  enterprise  is  : 

First.  To  inaugurate  a  series  of  Annual  Exhibitions  at  which  the  mechan- 
ical ait  of  the  citv  nt'  Newark,  in  all  its  departments,  may  be  shown  upon  an 
extended  scale,  and  under  circumstances  most  favorable"  for  comparison  and 
study — similar  in  character  to  those  so  successful  in  Birmingham  and 
Manchester. 


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Second.  To  demonstrate  that  in  the  city  of  Newark,  with  a  population  of 
115,000,  there  are,  to  he  found  productions  embracing  almost  the  entire  range 
of  man's  handicraft. 

The  geographical  position  of  Newark  is  peculiarly  favorable  for  manufac- 
turing, being  adjacent  to  the  great  city  of  New  York,  while  its  facilities  for 
transportation  and  travel  at  all  times,  by  rail,  water  or  free  road  communica- 
tion, are  unequalled  in  this  country. 

The  Exhibition  will  be  held  at  the  Rink,  the  location  of  which  is  unexcep- 
tionable, while  its  size  and  construction,  together  with  the  adjacent  grounds, 
will  afford  an  excellent  opportunity  for  display,  comfort  and  security. 

Ample  steam  power  will  be  provided,  thus  securing  the  advantages  of  dis- 
playing machinery  in  full  operation,  also  everything  necessary  for  the  accom- 
modation of  exhibitors. 

The  restrictive  character  of  the  Exhibition  as  to  the  entries  of  articles,  is  not 
to  apply  to  particular  individuals  or  branches  of  manufacture,  but  it  is  open  to 
all  citizens,  all  branches  of  industry  of  Newark,  subject  to  such  rules  as  the 
Boaid  of  Managers-  may  prescribe.' 

The  mechanic,  the  inventor,  the  manufacturer,  the  artist  and  others  of 
Newark  are  invited  to  bring  the  products  of  their  minds  and  industry,  from 
the  mighty  engine  to  the  delicate  productions  of  the  female  hand. 

The  distribution  of  medals  and  the  award  of  premiums  of  whatsoever  kind 
to  exhibitors  having  been  dispensed  with,  will  enable  all  to  present  their 
manufactures  and  productions  to  the  public  view  upon  their  respective  merits, 
and  without  fear  of  biased  judgment  or  unjust  comparison. 

In  its  conception  it  is  liberal.  While  its  doors  are  open  to  exhibitors  with- 
out price,  it  enables  the  manufacturer  wrth  limited  means  (by  subscribing  for 
one  or  more  shares)  to  reap  a  benefit  from  the  surplus  he  helps  to  create, 
aside  from  the  publicity  it  gives  his  name  and  business. 

The  shares  are  but  twenty-five  (25)  dollars  each,  ten  per  cent,  of  same  to 
be  paid  the  first  of  July. 

This  Exhibition  is  intended  for  the  benefit  of  Newark,  to  stimulate  all 
branches  of  industry — hence  the  Board  of  Managers  deem  it  for  the  best 
interests  of  our  city  that  there  should  be  a  full  representation  of  all  its  produc- 
tions. They  do  therefore  earnestly  request  all  who  feel  an  interest  in  our 
progress  and  future  prosperity,  to  make  this,  the  first  Exhibition  of  Newark 
Industries,  a  success  so  complete  that  it  will  appear  before  the  world  as  one 
worthy  of  the  city.  This  can  be  done  by  every  one  within  its  limits  who 
manufactures  any  article  whatsoever,  placing  such  upon  exhibition.  All 
should  therefore  signify  their  intention  to  participate  therein  immediately,  or 
before  June  1st,  to  enable  the  Board  of  Managers  to  make  the  necessary 
arrangements  in  accordance  therewith. 

It  is  particularly  desired  that  all  who  have  already  signified  their  purpose 
to  exhibit  tioods,  or  intend  so  to  do,  will  communicate  to  the  SECRETARY  a 
clear  and  brief  account,  in  writing,  of  their  respective  peculiar  merits  and 
novelties,  a  description  of  the  same,  and  the  space  required.  THE  SECRE- 
TARY WILL  GIVE  ANY  DESIRED  INFORMATION  RELATIVE  THERETO,  and 
will  receive  and  file  all  applications  for  space.  The  Board  of  Managers  re- 
serve the  right  to  regulate  the  amount  of  space  to  be  occupied  by  each 
exhibitor. 


To  tht  Mercantile  (.'nmmunity  throughout  the  Country  : 

The  manufacturers  of  the  city  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  have  made  arrangements 
to  hold,  during  the  latter  part  of  August,  extending  into  September,  an  exhi- 
bition of  their  manufactured  products.  These  embrace  almost  everything 
within  range  of  the  mechanical  arts.  There  is  scarcely  a  mercantile  estab- 
lishment iii  the  country  whose  stock  consists  of  manufactured  articles,  which 
will  not  be  able  to  find'  manufactured  in  Newark,  or  its  immediate  vicinity, 
enough  variety  of  goods  to  largely  replenish  that  stock.  This  can  be  done  at 
prices  which  would  make  it  to  the  interest  of  the  parties  concerned  to  purchase 
to  the  full  extent  of  their  requirements  the  goods  manufactured  here.  The 
demonstration  of  this  fact  to  the  entire  mercantile  community  is  one  of  the 
objects  of  this  Industrial  Exhibition. 


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It  is  designed  to  carry  out  the  affair  in  a  manner  liitlierto  unexampled  in 
this  country  ;  it  being  intended  to  equal  any  previous  efforts  of  this  nature  by 
the  exhibition  of  the  manufactured  products  of  this  city  alone. 

Newark,  in  proportion  to  its  size,  its  population  being  over  115,000,  is  more 
largely  engaged  in  the  mechanical  branches,  and  produces  goods  in  greater 
variety  than  any  other  city  in  the  United  States.  Its  nearness  to  the  great 
centre*  of  exchange  and  commerce,  has  in  part  over-shadowed  these  facts  :  and 
the  abundant  manufacturing  resources  of  the  city  have  not  hitherto  been  fully 
realized  by  the  trade  of  the  country,  even  not  fully  appreciated  by  its  own 
citizens.  The  trade  throughout  the  country  are  hereby  fully  assured  that  all 
concerned  in  Newark  realize  the  importance  of  making  the  Exhibition;!  great 
sample-house,  so  to  speak,  of  their  manufactured  goods.  It  will  at  once  be 
seen  that  the  opportunity  is  a  grand  one  for  the  trade  to  inspect  in  a  collected 
mass  the  manufactures  of  Newark,  and  thus  gather  infoimation  that  cannot 
but  be  of  the  first  importance  to  them.  The  time  selected  is  when  the  large 
proportion  of  the  buyers  of  the  country  visit  New  York  for  the  selection  of 
their  Fall  and  Winter  purchases.  It  is  urged  upon  all  such  to  so  arrange 
their  trips  that  they  may  stop  a  short  time  at  Newark  during  the  continu- 
ance of  the  Exhibition.  Newark  is  within  half  an  hour's  ride  of  the  great 
metropolis,  by  upwards  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  trains  a  day.  running 
from  early  morning  till  midnight,  leaving  New  York  by  the  Liberty,  Court - 
landt,  Barclay  and  Desbrosses  streets  ferries. 

The  accompanying  circular  originally  addressed  to  the  manufacturers  here, 
will  show  that  the  management  is  in  control  of  gentlemen  fully  responsible  for 
the  complete  success  of  the  undertaking. 

While  laudable  municipal  pride  is,  in  large  part,  a  prompting  motive  with 
the  manufacturers  in  getting  up  this  display  of  their  wares,  it  would  be  idle- 
in  this  utilitarian  age  to  pretend  that  the  advantages  to  be  derived  from  an 
increase  of  business,  have  not  all  the  force  which  belongs  to  them.  They  are 
satisfied,  however,  that  whoever  may  become  their  customers  through  their 
visit  then,  will  derive  that  benefit  which  always  arises  from  purchasing  in  the 
best  markets. 

NEWARK,  N.  J.,  June  1st.  1872. 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS. 

1.  The  Rink  and  grounds  will  be  open  for  the  reception  of  Goods  every  day, 
Sundays  excepted,  from  the  10th  until  the  20th  day  of  August. 

2.  The  Committee  on  Reception  of  Goods  will  receive,  at  their  discretion, 
all  articles  offered  for  exhibition. 

3.  There  will  be  no  entrance  fee  or  charge  for  space,   excepting  for  those 
who  may  derive  an  income  therefrom,  by  sales  then  and  there  made. 

The  Board  of  Managers  reserve  the  right  to  regulate  the  amount  of  space 
occupied  by  each  exhibitor,  or  to  change  the  location  as  exigencies  may  re- 
quire ;  also  to  admit,  if  deemed  advisable,  manufacturers  from  outside  the 
city  to  exhibit  their  goods,  where  in  their  judgment  they  do  not  conflict  with 
those  of  Newark. 

4.  The  name  and  residence  of  the  exhibitor  and  manufacturer  or  producer, 
must  be  entered  in  a  blank  form  of  certificate,  and  be  signed  by  the  exhibitor 
or  his  agent.     If  this  certificate  is  approved,  a  member  of  the  committee  will 
countersign  it,  and  designate  the  department  in    which    each  article  is  to  be 
located. 

The  Secretary  will  then  make  out  a  card  or  label  to  be  attached  to  suoh 
article,  which  s'hall  state  its  name,  by  whom  entered,  and  the  department  to 
which  it  has  been  assigned. 

5.  A  season  ticket  shall  then  be  furnished  to  the  exhibitor  or  his  agent,  on 
which  he  must  place  his  signature,  and  upon   which  shall  be   printed  the 
following : 

This  ticket  admits  one  person  only,  is  not  transferable,  and  will  be  retained 
by  the  doorkeeper  when  presented  by  any  other  person  than  the  one  whose 
signature  it  bears,  unless  it  is  accompanied  bv  a  note  from  the  owner  thereof, 
certifying  that  the  bearer  is  charged  with  the  care  of  his  goods. 


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In  case  of  the  loss  of  such  ticket,  the  exhibitor  is  requested  to  give  immedi- 
ate notice  in  writing  to  that  effect  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board,  to  prevent 
the  lor-s  of  goods,  as  such  tickets  are  taken  as  sufficient  evidence  of  ownership 
i>:  delivering  articles  at  the  close  of  the  Exhibition. 

6.  Exhibitors  requiring  assistants  to  be  in  constant  attendance,  must  apply 
to  the  Committee  on  Exhibition  for  tickets  of  admission  for  such  assistants. 

7.  The  classification  of  articles  on   exhibition  is   divided  into  the  several 
departments,  as  follows  : 

I.—  DEPARTMENT   OK    FlNE   AltTS   AND   EDUCATION. 

II. — DEPARTMENT  OF  DWELLINGS. 

III.— DEPARTMENT  OF  DRESS  AND  HANDICRAFT. 

IV.— DEPARTMENT  OF  CHEMISTRY  AND  MINERALOGY. 

V.— DEPARTMENT  OF  ENGINES  AND  MACHINERY. 

VI.— DEPARTMENT  OF  INTERCOMMUNICATION. 

VII.— DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  HORTICULTURE. 

VIII.— DEPARTMENT  OF  TOOLS  AND  HARDWARE. 

8.  The  space  set  apart  for  the  display  of  articles  on  exhibition,  will  be  ap- 
portioned so  as  to  best  accommodate  the  several  departments  designated  in  the 
classification. 

No  exhibitor  will  be  allowed  to  remove  any  article  on  exhibition  without 
the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  until  after  the  close  of  the  Exhibition. 

9.  Ample  steam  power  will  be  provided  to  operate  machinery.     To  secure 
the  right  to  show  a  machine  in  motion,  the  proprietor  of  such  machine  should 
state  in  his  application  for  space  the  width  of  his  driving  belt,  the  diameter  of 
the  pulley,  its  speed,  and  the  power  required  to  drive  it. 

10.  The  Managers  will  erect  the  main  line  of  shafting  and  provide  the  main 
line  of  gas  and  water  pipes,  but  any  attachments  to  either  must  be  made 
under  their  direction,  at  the  expense  of  the  exhibitor  to  be  benefitted  thereby. 

11.  Whenever  practicable,  articles  should  be  placed  in  glass  cases. 

\'Z.  Apprentices  offering  articles  of  their  own  workmanship  must  give,  at 
the  lime  of  the  entry,  a  certificate  from  their  employers,  stating  their  age  and 
the  time  they  served  at  the  art. 

13.  No  nostrums  or  articles  of  that  nature,  made  and  sold  exclusivelv  by  the 
inventor  or  his  agent,  will  be  allowed  a  place  in  the  Exhibition.  Spirit  gas, 
burning  fluids,  benzine,  volatile  hydro-carbons,  fireworks,  gunpowder,  gun- 
cotton,  nitro-glycerine,  and  all  other  explosive  compounds  peremptorily  ex- 
cluded, No  petroleum  shall  be  exhibited,  unless  it  will  stand  the  fire-teet  of 
110  degrees  Fall,  required  by  the  State  law,  and  then  only  in  quantities  not 
exceeding  ten  ounces,  unless  by  permission  of  the  Board  of  Managers. 
They  also  reserve  the  right  to  reject  any  other  articles  they  may  deem  ob- 
jectionable. 

•    14.  The  Managers  wish  it  distinctly  understood  that  all  articles  on  exhibi- 
tion are  at  the  entire  risk  of  the  owners. 

Efficient  measures  will,  however,  be  taken  to  protect  the  property  of  each 
exhibitor,  which  will  be  always  under  his  charge,  but  in  no  case  will  the 
Managers  become  responsible  for  such  property. 

15.  Proper  order  will  at  all   times  be  preserved   by  an  efficient  police,  who 
will  be  present  to  prevent  offenses  against  exhibitors  and  visitors. 

Persons  who  witness  any  violations  of  order  are  earnestly  requested  to  re- 
port the  same  to  the  General  Superintendent  or  to  the  Managers. 

16.  Applications  embracing  a  license  to  sell  commodities  upon  the  grounds 
of  the  Exhibition,  shall  be  ret'eired  to  the  Board  of  Managers,  who  will  regu- 
late the  same  and  affix  a  proper  fee  for  such  privileges,    but  no  spirituous  or 
malt  liquors  of  any  kind  or  character  shall  be  sold  in   or  upon  the  premises 
under  their  jurisdiction. 

17.  The  Exhibition  will  be  open  every  dav,  Sundays  excepted,  from  9 
A.M.  to  10.is  P.M. 

18.  No  premium  or  anything  in  lieu  thereof,  will  be  awarded  or  given  to  any 
exhibitor  or  anv  others  connected  with  the  Exhibition. 


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19.  Letters  relating  to  the  Exhibition  should  be  addressed  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition,  who  will  give  any  desired  information 
and  file  all  applications  for  space  and  entry. 

20.  The  prices  of  admission  will  be  :  Single  admission,  30  cents ;  Children, 
under  12  years  of  age,  half  price.     Schools  will  be  admitted  as  a  body,  in 
charge  of  their  teachers,  at  reduced  rates,  made  known  by  the  Secretary  upon 
application. 


CIRCULAR  SENT  TO  SUBSCRIBERS. 
NEWAEK  INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION, 

NEWARK,  N.  J.,  Dec.  4,  1872. 

M 

DEAR  SIR  : 

There  is  placed  to  your  credit  $ , 

the  same  awaiting  your  order  at  the  office  of  the  Secretary,  758 

Broad  Street. 

A.  M.  HOLBROOK,  Sec'y. 

Cy  The  Board  of  Managers  met  recently  to  hear  a  report  of  the  Finance 
Committee,  the  report  having  been  deferred  in  order  to  enable  the  committee 
to  dispose  of  the  building  materials  and  other  property  belonging  to  the  old 
organization  to  the  best  advantage,  so  as  to  commence  anew  as  a  chartered 
Institution.  The  report  shows  very  gratifying  results,  when  it  is  taken  into 
consideration  that  the  real  source  of  income  (unlike  expositions  held  else- 
where, where  exhibitors  are  charged  for  entry  and  space),  was  the  mere 
pittance  of  twenty-five  cents  at  the  door.  The  single  admission  was  thirty 
cents  ;  but  since  a  large  majority  of  the  tickets  were  sold  four  for  one  dollar, 
the  average  was  about  twenty-five  cents  ;  and  also  considering  the  great  ex- 
pense attending  the  first  Exhibition  of  this  nature,  in  putting  up  buildings  to 
be  torn  down,  thereby  necessitating  much  loss,  in  placing  the  grounds  and 
buildings  in  proper  order,  and  otherwise  rendering  the  same  agreeable  for 
exhibitors  and  visitors. 

The  exhibit  shows,  that  had  it  not  been  for  the  obligation  in  the  agreement 
of  subscribers,  donating  One  Hundred  Dollars  to  each  of  the  Benevolent  Insti- 
tutions of  the  city  (one  Institution  not  specified  in  the  agreement — "  St. 
Peter's  Orphan  Asylum  and  Kindergarten  " — also  receiving  donation),  there 
would  have  been  a  dividend  of  nearly  11  per  cent,  for  the  shareholders. 
Tliev  will,  however,  feel  a  pride  and  satisfaction  in  knowing  that  (aside  from 
receiving  back  every  dollar)  their  investment  was  not  idle,  but  served  a  two- 
fold purpose  ;  that,  while  furthering  the  Exhibition,  which  has  proven  so 
beneficial  to  the  city  at  large,  its  earnings  will  go  to  objects  of  charity. 

The  Board  will  call  a  meeting  of  the  Subscribers  to  hear  a  detailed  report 
of  the  finances,  when  matters  are  fully  settled. 

It  is  earnestly  desired  that  all  the  subscribers  in  the  Exhibition  of  1872 
should  become  subscribers  in  the  new  organization  for  1873.  The  par  value 
of  the  stock  ($25)  and  conditions  of  payment  are  the  same  as  of  1872,  and  it 
is  hoped  the  new  Institution  will  be  productive  of  far  greater  results  than  that 
of  1872. 


73 
FINANCIAL  EXHIBIT. 

The  following  is  a  condensed  statement  of  the  Financial  Fep  )rt.  and  the 
resolution  adopted  at  the  final  meeting  of  Subscribers  to  the  Exhibition  held 
in  Upper  Library  Hall.  Friday  evening,  Feb.  21,  1873. 


Building  Materials  and  other  Property  
Sundry  Sources  

3,700  00 

l.M->  45 

§30.794  46 

$41,269  4« 


DISBURSEMENTS. 

Advei tising.  Printing.  &e 

Concerts  and  Instrumental  .Music 

Postage.  Stationery,  Books,  etc 

Clerk  Hire,  Collecting,  Canvassing,  etc 

Rents..... : 

New  Buildings 

(nts  and  Water 

Fi  ink's  Patent  Reflectors 

Gas  Fixtures,  Plumbing,  etc 

( 'oal  and   Wood 

Insurance  

Machinery,  etc 

Extra  work.  Ticket  and  other  offices,  Galleries. 
Tables,  &c.,  and  various  repairs  in  and 
about  the  Exhibition  grounds,  tearing  down 
and  disposing  of  buildings,  also  other  ex- 
penses incidental  thereto,  such  as  Patent 
Tickets.  Ticket  Agents,  Watchmen,  and 
other  he:p,  Labor,  Furniture,  Decorations. 
Signs,  Flags,  and  other  incidentals 


To  the  several  Charitable  Institutions — 

St.  Barnabas'  Hospital 

St.  Michael's  Hospital 

Newark  Orphan  Asylum 

Foster  Home 1 

German  Hospital 

Home  for  Aged  Women 

Female  Charitable  Society 

St.  Mary's  Orphan  Asylum 

Boys'  Lodging  House 

Home  for  the  Friendless 

St.  Peter's  Orphan  Asylum  and  Kindergarten 
Subscriptions 


$3,725  62 

2.789  50 

300  00 

982,  £0 

3,415  00 

6,692  53 

1,222  59 

1,580  00 

1.435  42 

127  02 

340  21 

1,272  49 


5,831  58 


$29,694  46 

100  00 
100  00 

100  00 
100  00 
100  00 
100  00 
100  00 
100  00 
100  00 
100  00 
100  00 
10,175  00 


$41,269  46 


Resolved,  That  as  subscribers  to  the  fund  raised  for  the  purpose  of  making 
a  collective  display  of  the  manufacturing  industries  of  Newark,  we  desire  to 
expre-s  our  gratification  and  pride  at  the  complete  success  of  the  undertaking 
and  wtf  hereby  tender  our  thanks  and  congratulations  to  the  efficient  Board  of 
Managers,  both  for  the  good  of  Newark  advanced  thereby  and  for  its  financial 
success,  believing,  that  while  the  interests  of  the  subscribers  were  ever 
zealously  guarded,  no  short-sighted  policy  of  economy  ever  characterized  the 


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LIST  OF  SUBSCRIBERS. 


Atha  B.  &  Co.  Demarest  N.  J.  &  Co. 

Adam  E.  A.  Dunn  Samuel 

Ailing  Bros.  &  Co.  Dorsch  William 

Atlia,  Hughes  &  Spanier  Duelly  E.  C. 
Atwater  &  Carter  Dixon  E.  &  W. 

Assmann  B.  Dunn  William 

Ayres  David  Delany  D.  &  G. 

Blancliard  Bro.  *fc  Lane    Drake  M.  S. 


Barnett  Oscar 
Burnett  William 
Butler  &  Wards 
Belcher  Bros.  &  Co. 
Balbach  E.  &  Son 
Bannister  &  Tichenor 
Barlow  John  H. 
Baldwin  Albert 
Browe  Bros. 
Ballantine  P.  &  Sons 
Bless  &  Drake 
Bosch  Bros. 
Bender  Peter 
Berla  Elias 
Baldwin  Oscar  L. 
Beck  E.  F. 
Benedict  T. 


Durand  James  M. 
Dufford  Thi'o. 
Dougherty  H.  M. 
Davy  Joseph 
Douglas'  Sons  &  Co. 
Doll  Martin 
Dobbins  &  Van  Xrss 
Denman  J.  R. 
Dovell's  Sons  &  Co. 
Dobbins  J.  A. 
De  Vine  M.  T.  Mrs. 
Eagle  Winker  Co. 
Ely  T.  M. 
Edison  &  linger 


Ilawrs  J.  H.  G. 
Hotchkiss  E.  B. 
Heller  Bros. 
Heaton  B.  F. 
Holbn.ok  A.  S. 
Hinds  &  Son 
Hurschell  J.  A. 
Halsey  Jos.  A. 
Hays  James  L. 
Harrison  C.  H.  &  J.  D. 
Hea.ll.-y  Wm.  O.  &  Son 
Hunter  D. 
Hill  Gottli.-b 
Hawkins  &  Dodge  - 
Hunt  Geo.  W. 
Heath  &  Drake 
Howell  T.  P.  &  Co. 
Hoi  brook  A.  M. 
Johnson  Wm. 
Judson  Agur 
Joy  Chas.  &  Son 
Kreitler  Chas. 


Furness,  Bannister  &  Co. Kreitler  Herman 
Farmer  Edgar  &  Co.         King  C.  W. 
Foerster  &  Kraeuter 


Braudenburgh  &  Novelle  Freeman  J.  G. 


Brockie  J.  &  Co. 
Beck  C. 
Brewster  U.  B. 
Bruemmer  C.  G. 
Belcher  S.  P. 
Brisbin  John 
Baker  Moses 
Clark  A.  H.  &  Sons 
Condit  &  Hanson 
Campbell,  Lane  &  Co. 
Charlton  John 
Cleveland  Wm.  &  Co. 
deal-man  P.  S. 
Cooper  Chas.  &  Co. 
Crane  Samuel  O. 
Conger  Walter  M. 
Camp  &  Osborn 
Conery  A.  F. 
Campbell  C.  G. 
Cadmus  D.  V.  P. 
Dennis  M.  R.  &  Co. 


Fitz-Gerald  W.  N. 
Fleischer  Samuel 
Frink  I.  P. 
Gerth  Julius 
Gould  E.  &  R.  J. 
Gunning  W.  J.  &  Co. 
Graves  C.  W. 
GobleL.  Spencer 
Gay  Thos.  &  Son 
Guerin  Samuel  T. 
Graf  L.  &  Bro. 
Goeken  Francis 
Golder  &  Post 
Gould's  M.  Sons 
Grover  Lewis  C. 
GiffordJolm  A. 
Gauch  J.  Bros. 
Germania  Ins.  Co. 
Gaston  Isaac 
Griffith  D.  G. 
Heaton  J.  W. 


Kelly,  Hughes  &  Moran 
Ivaas  J.  B.  &  Co. 
Kimball  H   B. 

Kruger  Gottfreid 
KaseJoh      H. 
Leonard  C.  H. 
Lelong  L.  &  Bro. 
Lindsley  A.  W. 
Loelmberg  &  Neumann 
Loi-kwood  C.  N.  &  Co. 
Lcibe  Traugott 
Lache  Jos.  A. 
Lnngstrotb  A;  Crane 
Lyon  L.  J.  &  Co. 
Lagowitz  Samuel 
[.yon  1).  M.  &-Son 
Leverich  A;  Enders 
Lyon  Chas.  K. 
Mockridge  &  Son 

McGregor  John 
Mar.juet  J.  B. 
Merry  M.  &  Bro. 
Meiselbach  F. 


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Meeker  David  M. 

Rockwood  C.  G. 

Titsworth  C.  S. 

Macknet,  Wilson  &  Co. 

Robotham  &  Greacen 

Tom!  bison  Spring  Co. 

Mayer  8. 

Righter  \Vm.  A. 

Taylor  Henry  D. 

Mercer  W.  T.  &  Son 

Roemer  William 

Thompson  David 

Metz  A. 

Rowbotham  John 

Titus  William 

Mayo  .1.  B. 

Riley  &,  Lynch 

Tuers  &  Cooper 

Mutin  A.  F. 

Ricord  F.  W. 

Tompkins  S.  E.  &  Co. 

Miller  Benj.  C. 

Reynolds  A.  M. 

Una  William 

M<>rsereau  W.  T.  &  J. 

Starr  W.  L. 

Van  Patten  P.  S. 

Mackin  Francis 

Sinclair  John 

Van  Arsdale  J.  T. 

McDermit  &  Looker 

Sanders  L.  R. 

Vroom  P.  H. 

Marshall  James  &  Co. 

Slaight  Thos. 

Wuesthoff,    Wright    & 

Meeker  &.  Hedden 

Scott  A. 

Kuehnhold 

Newark  Lime  &.  C.  Co. 

Sayre  Bros. 

Ward  William 

Neumann  Chas. 

Smith  L.  A. 

Ward  R.  &  Co. 

Nichols  Isaac  A. 

Sargeant  Mfg.  Co. 

Walker  Chas.  W. 

Nugent  Christopher 

Sayre  James  R.  Jr.&Co. 

Warrick  Henry 

Ortel  M. 

Surerus  A;  Co. 

Wakeman  J.  P. 

Pole  Thus. 

Spaeth  &  Guelicher 

Woodhull  A.  W. 

Phillips  J.  M. 

Scott  M.  H. 

Wood  H.  T. 

Price  Linus  M. 

Searfoss  A.  H. 

Ward  T.  M. 

Peddie  Thos.  B. 

Skinner,Leary  &Lindsley  Wright  &  Smith 

Peters  George 

Spahn  E.  P. 

Ward  A.  H. 

Pell  F.  &  J. 

Spurr  J.  J. 

Wiener  &  Co. 

Quinby  J.  M.  &.  Co. 

Smith  W.  A. 

Waldmann  F. 

Eichard  John 

Simon  Ed.  &  Bro. 

Watts,  Campbell  &  Co. 

Roberts  Christopher 

Sayre  Marcus 

WTarner  &  Radcliffe 

Richardson  Bros. 

Strauss  M. 

White  James  H. 

Rhodes  &  Doremus 

Schnellbacher  J.  A. 

Ward  E.  P. 

Romer  &  Co. 

Spaetli  A.  F. 

Ward  Marcus  L. 

Richardson  E.  &  Co. 

Sonnekalb  A. 

Young  John  &  Son 

Russell  W.  D. 

Sauerbier  H.  &  Son 

Young  John  I. 

Reynold  &  Zahn 

Staniar  &  Laffey 

Zeigler  &  Otto 

Rieker  Frederick 

The  success  which  crowned  tlic  Exhibition  of  187:2,  was  so 
marked,  that  at  its  close  a  permanent  association  met  with 
prompt  support.  "  The  Newark  Industrial  Institute  "  was  or- 
ganized, a  charter  obtained,  and  it  continued  the  great  work 
under  the  following  officers  and  Board  of  Directors  : 

OFFICERS  : 

President,  HON.  GEORGE  A,  HAI.SKY. 

1st  VicePres't,  THOMAS  B.  PEDDIE.        'M  Vice  Pres't,  JAMES  M.  DURAXD. 
Secretary,    ALBERT  M.  HOLBROOK.         Treannrer,  ISAAC  GASTON. 

BOARD  OF  DIRKCTOKS  : 


MAIJCTS  L.  WARD. 

GEORGE  A.  HAI.SKY. 

GEORGE  I'EI  i:i:s. 

THOMAS  B.  PKDDIE, 

JOSEPH  ,).  MEEKER. 

('HAS     X.    Lot.  KWOOD, 

EDGAR  FAHMEI:. 

JOHN  M.  I'mu.ii's. 

.JOHN  I)    HARRISON, 

NOAH  F.  BLANCIIARD, 

WALTER  M.  CONGKR. 

JOHN  T.  LEVERICH, 

JAMKSVM.  DURAND, 

I'lIlXF.AS    JONES, 

JAMES  W.  COREY, 

EDWARD  SIMON, 

DAVID  M.  MEEKER. 

CHRISTOPHER  Xl'GEXT 

MARTIN  E.  DENNIS, 

ELI  H.  REYNOLDS, 

STEPHEN  Ji.  SANDERS, 

WILLIAM  JOHNSON, 

F.  B.  KUKITXIIOLD, 

JAMES  C.  LIDI.OW. 

NICH.  J.  DEM  A  REST, 

MKNRY  J.  YAT?:S. 

A.  M.  HOLBROOK. 

Stock  was  promptly  subscribed,  property  purchased  and  build- 
ings erected.  September  29,  1873.  the  Second  Exhibition  was 
formally  opened  with  prayer  by  Rev.  Dr.  I.  H.  MclLVAiNE  and  a 
brief  address  by  President  HALSEY,  who  introduced  Hon.  F.  T. 
FBELINGHUYSEX,  the  orator  of  the  evening. 

Mr.  FRELINGHUYSBN  spoke  as  follows  : 

MR.  PRESIDENT,  LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN  : 

Invited  to  address  you  at  an  hour  too  late,  with  my  other  engageim'iit*,  to 
make  such  preparation  as  I  consider  worthy  of  the  occasion,  I  yet  could  not 
to  my  fellow-citizens  refuse  to  give  expression  to  the  congratulations  which 
the  occasion  calls  forth.  We  have  not  come  to-night  to  pay  our  court  to  the 
Muses,  or  to  do  special  homage  to  high  art,  hut  we  have  come  to  devote  this 
spacious  and  well-ordered  building  to  the  skill  and  industry  of  the  Newark 
mechanic.  And  now  to  those  mechanical  arts  and  employments  wl.ijh  tend 
to  develop  the  hidden  wealth  of  nature,  to  embellish  social  life,  and  to  fur- 
nish much  of  that  variety  of  convenience  and  pleasure  we  dearly  enjoy. 

After  an  allusion  to  the  purposes  of  the  building,  Mr.  FRE- 
LIXUUVYSEN"  continued  thus  : 


77 

Hereafter,  while  the  poet,  the  orator  and  the  historian  shall,  from  year  to 
year,  at  the  appointed  time,  in  the  Lyceum  enjoy  their  classic  enchantments, 
while  our  worthy  farmers,  from  many  a  fruitful  hill  and  fertile  valley^shall 
gather  the  fruits  of  the  ground  and  lay  them  on  the  altar  of  Ceres,  here  the 
manufacturers  of  this  Birmingham  of  America  will  exhibit  the  products  of 
their  toil  and  the  specimens  of  the  progress  of  mechanical  skill ;  while  the 
young  journeyman  will  bring  forward  the  evidence  of  his  ingenuity  and 
handiwork,  until  old  Vulcan  shall  be  propitiated,  and  his  charming  spouse, 
Venus,  through  the  agency  of  many  a  fair  daughter,  will  smile  upon  the  young 
mechanic. 

This  Institution  and  the  prosperity  it  evidences  are  the  result  and  out- 
growth of  the  sterling  integrity  and  frugal  industry  which  characterized  the 
men  of  New  England  who,  more  than  two  centuries  ago,  moored  their  barks 
to  the  shores  of  the  Passaic,  horrestly  purchased  the  land  of  the  aborigines, 
and  then  planted  the  germ  of  this  prosperous  city.  It  is  pleasant  to  stop  and 
contemplate  the  example  and  character  of  these  father's,  to  consider  the  trying, 
toilsome  antecedents  which  made  them  the  men  to  found  a  city,  and  thus  call 
to  mind  our  alliance  with  much  departed  excellence. 

In  our  broad  streets  and  beautiful  parks  we  have  the  evidence  of  the  liber- 
ality of  their  views.  In  their  setting  apart  a  range  of  lots  to  be  given  to  the 
first  mechanics  that  permanently  settled  among  them,  we  have  the  beginning 
of  our  present  extended  manufacturers,  and  in  the  early  entry  in  the  book  of 
Selectmen,  in  the  words,  "  Resolved  that  John  Collins  be  employed  to  in- 
struct our  children  aud  servants  in  as  much  of  English  reading,  writing  and 
arithmetic  as  he  can  teach,"  we  have  the  beginning  of  a  public  school  instruc- 
tion which  is  probably  as  perfect  and  as  efficient  as  that  of  any  other  city. 
In  their  establishing  courts  of  justice  of  their  own  and  a  representative  muni- 
cipal government,  we  have  that  spirit  of  independence  which  soon  culminated 
all  over  the  land  in  the  great  Declaration  ;  and  from  their  simple  and  devout 
worship  has  sprung  the  hundred  churches  of  the  living  God,  which  bring  us 
blessings  and  bespeak  our  gratitude.  The  settlement  of  our  town  was  char- 
acterized by  the  fullest  liberty  and  purest  religion. 

It  must  have  been  a  beaut  ful  sight  to  have  seen  on  a  peaceful  Sabbath  a 
whole  community  in  its  best  attire  meeting  on  the  plane  of  equality,  which  is 
alike  unfriendly  to  pride  and  servility,  and  offering  up  its  devotions  at  a 
common  altar.  Such  institutions  as  we  enjoy  could  only  have  been  estab- 
lished by  such  men  ;  and  let  us  never  forget  that  the  same  moral  influence  is 
necessary  to  establish  and  to  perpetuate. 

When,  as  now.  we  behold  around  us  a  desolation  of  character  undermining 
the  very  foundation  of  public  confidence,  when  each  day  reveals  some  violation 
of  trust,  some  defalcation,  shaking  the  strong  man  and  bringing  penury  and 
want  to  infirm  widowhood  and  piteous  orphanage  ;  when  a  guilt  v  haste  to  be 
rich  is  poisoning  the  very  foundations  of  integrity,  it  is  assuredly  no  time  to 
weaken  any  moral  influence  and  to  suffer  the  ramparts  of  virtue  to  be  broken 
down. 

It  is  a  matter  of  congratulation,  which  I  may  not  omit  to  state,  that  in  half 
half  a  century  not  one  of  our  monetary  institutions  has  passed  into  the  hands 
of  a  receiver  ;  that  no  defalcation  of  one  of  their  officers  has  been  revealed,  and 
that* our  people  as  a  mass,  content  with  the  legitimate  rewards  of  honest  in- 
dustrv,  have  not  fallen  victims  to  the  guilty,  gambling  greed  for  wealth. 

Formerly,  when  almost  the  entire  trade  of  the  city  was  with  the  Southern 
States,  on  several  occasions  our  manufacturers  lost  the  entire  work  of  years 
by  the  defaults  of  the  South,  but  they  only  redoubled]  their  energy,  paid  their 
debt,  continued  their  industries,  aud  seemed  to  wrench  prosperity  from  mis- 
fortune ;  and,  at  the  beginning  of  the  war,  when  the  market  for  our  manufac- 
tures was  destroyed  by  the  secession  of  the  South,  it  is  wonderful  with  what 
versatility  our  industries  were  directed  into  hundreds  of  new  channels,  so  that 
to-day  I  suppose  there  is  as  great  a  variety  of  manufactures  in  Newark  as  in 
any  city  of  like  size. 

Not  to  mention  the  numerous  nooks  and  corners  where  the  individual  me- 
chanic plies  his  manly  toil,  we  have  a  thousand  manufacturing  establishments 
em  ploying  30,000  hands  in  two  hundred  different  branches  of  manufacture, 
with  an  annual  pay-roll  of  $15,000,000  and  a  capital  of  $30,000,000,  which 
give  an  annual  product  of  $70,000,000  of  wealth. 


78 

Sir,  there  is  everything  in  our  origin,  our  past  history  and  our  present  con- 
dition, to  induce  us  to  stand  by  the  bulwarks  of  our  prosperity,  industry, 
temperance  and  integrity. 

The  prosperity  of  this  city  is  further  attributable  to  that  wise  system  of 
fostering  American  industry  which  has,  to  a  greater  or  less  degree,  been  the 
policy  of  every  Administration.  Eegular  and  remunerative  labor  for  the 
people  is  the  greatest  of  our  national  blessings.  The  school  in  which  a  man 
is  taught  to  contend  with  hunger  and  cold,  and  with  the  difficulties  which 
physical  laws  present,  and  to  overcome  them,  is  of  more  importance  than  any 
other.  The  citizen  thus  not  only  secures  for  himself  and  his  the  comforts  of 
life,  but  gains  that  energy,  endurance  and  conscious  dignity  which  are  essen- 
tial to  the  character  of  a  free  man. 

It  is  the  law  of  our  being  that  we  must  labor  or  perish.  The  idler  every- 
where must  $>ive  way  to  the  man  of  industry,  just  as  the  fishing,  dancing  tribe 
must  move  oft'  at  the  approach  of  the  regulated  labor  of  civilization. 

Industry,  too,  whether  of  the  hands  or  head,  is  ordained  of  Heaven  to  drain 
society  of  vice  and  to  give  growth  to  virtue,  and  is  sacred.  It  is  the  noble 
channel  cut  through  the  mud  swamps  of  existence,  drawing  the  sour,  festering 
water  from  every  blade  of  grass,  until  the  pestilential  morass  is  converted  into 
a  fertile  meadow  with  its  clear  flowing  river. 

It  is  the  business  of  a  government  to  look  after  its  industrial  interests.  It 
has  something  more  to  do  than  to  suppress  crime  and  keep  the  peace,  knowing 
that  it  is  of  the  first  importance  that  the  people  should  possess  the  many  and 
varied  blessings  that  flow  from  industry.  The  Government  can  properly  see  to 
it  that  the  American  artisan  buys  his  food  of  the  American  farmer,  and  that  the 
American  farmer  buys  his  manufactured  articles  of  the  American  artisan,  by 
enacting  laws  making  it  the  interest  of  each  to  do  so. 

As  to  the  extremely  benign  and  charitable  view  which  holds  that  we 
should  remember  that  the  subjects  of  other  governments  are  our  brethren,  and 
that  we  should  not  discriminate  against  their  labor,  my  reply  to  the  people  of 
other  countries  is  that  we  have  opened  the  portals  of  our  land  and  told  them 
to  come  and  bid  them  welcome  ;  and  to  other  governments  we  say,  "  If  you 
wish  to  reduce  your  labor  to  the  starvation  standard,  and  if,  by  reason  of  the 
effect  which  time  and  the  aggregation  of  capital  has  given  your  manufacturers, 
you  propose  to  crush  our  comparatively  immature  industries,  we  will  close 
our  doors  against  your  aggression,  and  we  do  not  violate  true  charity  in  so 
doing." 

While  the  price  of  labor  in  competing  nations  is  materially  less  than  in  this 
country.  I  cannot  avoid  the  conclusion  that  non-protection'  is  discrimination 
against  American  industry. 

But  our  example  is  having  and  will  continue  to  have  its  effect  in  other 
lands  ;  and  when  the  price  of  labor  abroad  shall  be  the  same  as  labor  here, 
then,  if  they  want  free  trade,  let  it  come,  and  you  will  see  American  enterprise 
triumphant. 

Mr.  President,  whatever  may  be  the  conclusions  of  thoughtless  vanity,  the 
pursuits  of  the  mechanic  are  of  equal  dignity  with  any  other.  Man  has  a 
spiritual  and  physical  nature,  and  those  avocations  which  improve  the  latter 
merit  high  consideration  as  well  as  those  that  have  the  former  for  their  object, 
because  the  two  natures  of  man  constitute  a  unit.  The  part  the  mechanic  has 
performed  in  the  history  of  the  world's  progress  does  not  solicit  but  commands 
our  respect.  Look  at  it.  In  former  ages  the  ability  to  read  was  confined  to 
very  few.  Books  were  rare  and  expensive,  and  tlfe  living  oracles  of  God 
were  chained  in  the  cloister  or  hidden  in  the  monastery.  The  knowledge  that 
existed  was  transient,  depending  on  the  living  teacher,  or  on  some  single 
manuscript  that  was  always  liable  to  be  destroyed.  The  type  and  the  printing 
press  are  the  mighty  power  that  has  dispelled  ignorance,  and  is  the  power 
that  has  multiplied  copies  of  valuable  books,  so  that  no  hostile  hordes  can  now 
extinguish  the  light  of  knowledge  any  more  than  they  can  put  out  the  million 
stars  that  glow  and  twinkle  in  the  "  Milky  Way." 

Holding  fast  to  each  step  of  progress,  the  course  of  knowledge  is  now  on- 
ward. It  is  the  press  that  has  placed  not  the  book  but  the  library  at  every 
man's  disposal ;  that  has  enabled  one  mind  to  reach  a  million,  and  that  every 
morning  gives  us  a  diary  of  the  world's  thoughts  and  doings  for  the  day  pre- 
ceding. 


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It  is  the  mechanic  that  constructs  the  press  and  the  type  ;  he  smelts  the 
ores  of  which  they  are  constructed  :  he  builds  the  furnaces,  the  wagons,  the 
implements,  and  all  the  paraphernalia  necessary  to  the  supply  of  this  "  lever 
of  Archimedes  that  is  moving  the  world." 

Formerly  the  several  kingdoms  of  the  earth  were  insulated  localities,  with 
little  intercourse  or  sympathy.  The  timid  navigator  crept  along  the  shore 
and  trembled  as  he  looked  at  the  expanse  before  him.  Now  the  different  peo- 
ple of  the  earth  are  merged  into  the  World's  Republic,  and  such  a  human 
sympathy  is  awakened  that  every  cry  of  oppression  vibrates  from  heart  to 
heart  around  the  planet.  The  mechanic  art  has  supplied  the  world  with  the 
magnetic  needle,  the  ocean  steamer,  the  submarine  telegraph,  and  these  are 
the  instrumentalities  that  have  made  the  world  one  family  and  warmed  into 
being  the  brotherhood  of  man. 

Science  demands  our  respect,  almost  our  reverence,  but  it  is  nothing  but 
vain  theory  without  the  mechanical  arts  as  its  handmaiden.  The  astronomer 
without  his  telescope,  his  object  glass  and  chronometer  is  a  dreamer,  the 
chemist  without  his  crucible  and  instruments  for  nicely  measuring  quanti- 
ties is  a  mere  guesser.  Science,  without  the  aid  of  the"  mechanic,  is  mere 
speculation. 

Let  no  one  depreciate  the  usefulness  and  dignity  of  a  mechanic's  life.  I 
take,  it  is  true,  a  striking  example  when  I  mention  SETH  BoYDEN,  whom  it 
is  well  to  remember  to-night.  By  reason  of  his  invention  of  the  "  cut  off"  to 
control  steam,  the  machine  to  split  leather  and  make  hat  bodies,  his  process  of 
making  patent  leather,  malleable  iron  and  Russia  iron,  if  measured  by  the 
scale  of  practical  usefulness,  he  was  the  peer  of  any  man. 

I  find  in  an  old  book  this  sentiment :  '*  In  the  eye  of  reason  and  of  the  uni- 
versal patent  every  honest  station  of  life  is  equally  honorable,  since  they  are 
all  parts  of  the  great  social  body  which  His  wisdom  planned  and  His  power 
preserved." 

The  demand  for  the  labor  of  mechanics  is  constantly  increasing  and  his  field 
of  usefulness  widening.  For  ages  the  progress  of  true  mechanical  arts  was 
slow.  The  application  of  water  to  turn  a  wheel  was  not  known  to  the  let- 
tered Greeks,  and  not  known  in  Rome  until  about  the  beginning  of  the  Chris- 
tian era.  The  wind-mill  was  an  invention  of  many  centuries  later,  the  saw- 
mill dates  about  the  sixteenth  century,  the  suction  pump  was  not  known  in 
China  until  introduced  by  Europeans,  and  is  not  now  used  in  Asia.  But  at 
this  day  nature  from  her  storehouse  of  hidden  wealth  seems  inclined  to  sup- 
ply every  want  of  man.  and  the  mechanic  stands  ready  to  aid  her. 

Human  muscle  becoming  unequal  to  the  demands  of  labor,  the  gigantic 
power  of  steam  is  revealed.  The  use  of  steam  has  created  the  necessity  of 
more  fuel,  and  the  inexhaustible  mines  of  coal  are  opened.  Frequent  and 
quick  intercourse  created  by  steam  has  made  a  demand  for  a  more  speedy 
communication  of  intelligence,  and  the  telegragh  meets  the  call.  The  increased 
commerce  of  the  world  creates  the  demand  for  more  gold  to  represent  it,  and 
California  opens  her  treasures.  Who  can  estimate  the  multitudinous  de- 
mands these  developments  have  made  on  the  mechanical  art  in  its  thousand 
branches  ? 

And  now,  again,  another  demand  is  to  be  made.  The  farmer  of  the  West 
having  subdued  the  forests  and  cultivated  his  land,  prodigal  nature  pours  into 
his  lap  her  wealth  until  there  is  not  room  enough  to  receive  it.  Thus  is  cre- 
ated a  demand  for  increased  facilities  to  send  the  surplus  products  to  the  sea- 
board that  they  may  reach  the  markets  of  the  world.  The  prosperity  of  the 
farmer,  the  interests  of  the  nation,  and  the  obligations  of  philanthropy  to  the 
world,  all  require  that  this  demand  should  be  met,  and  it  assuredly  will  be  ; 
not,  however,  by  the  confiscation  of  existing  highways— not  by  the  destruc- 
tion of  public  confidence,  so  that  capital  will  shun  enterprise.  It  will  not  be 
accomplished  by  impairing  contracts  or  by  a  war  on  vested  rights.  No,  sir  ; 
no  matter  what  may  be  the  petulant  expressions  of  an  hour  of  excitement,  the 
farmers  of  this  country  have  proven  that  they  hate  repudiation  and  that  public 
faith  is  as  clear  to  them  as  their  sacred  honor,  and  they  will  never  vio- 
late it. 

No  !  This  great  demand  for  transportation  is  to  be  met  by  the  improve- 
ment of  our  natural  channels — by  helping  internal  navigation  here  and  there. 
The  States  bordering  on  the  lakes  can  reach  the  seaboard  by  the  lakes,  the 


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St.  Lawrence  and  the  Erie  Canal.  The  States  on  the  Mississippi  can  reach 
the  ocean  by  that  river  and  the  Gulf;  and  the  vast  and  fertile  garden  between 
those  waters,  by  connecting  by  canal  the  Ohio,  Kenawba  and  the  James 
rivers,  and  thus  reach  the  sea  at  Hampton  Roads  ;  and,  still  further,  by  a 
great  trunk  road  across  the  continent  elevated  so  as  to  avoid  snow  obstruc- 
tion by  excavation  on  either  side  of  the  road,  and  fed  by  the  roads  which 
ramify  each  State. 

The  railroad  companies  of  the  land  have  no  monopoly.  Capital  stands 
ready  to  invest  wherever  it  can  be  protected  and  where  it  can  get  a  return. 
This  problem  of  transportation  will  soon  be  solved,  and  by  aid  of  the  pick  and 
shovel-makers,  the  wagon -makers,  the  furnace-builders,  the  iron-forgers,  the 
car  and  engine  manufacturers,  and  one  thousand  other  branches  of  mechanical 
art,  the  soTution  will  soon  be  an  existing  reality. 

But  how  preposterous  it  would  be  to  attempt  these  enterprises  without  the 
brawny  arm  of  the  American  mechanic  ! 

There^is  one  other  subject  to  which  this  Institution  should  not  be  indifferent. 
Having  called  your  attention  to  that,  I  have  done.  This  nation  is  yet  in  its 
infancy,  and  this  is  the  time  to  give  direction  to  its  important  interests.  It  is, 
however,  rapidly  maturing.  In  the  vear  1900  it  is  estimated  we  will  have  a 
population  of  100,000,000.  Of  our  public  lands  162,000,000  acres  have  been 
sold.  260,000,000  of  acres  have  been  granted,  properly  or  improperly,  to  rail- 
roads as  subsidies.  We  have  given  of  swamp  lands  43,000,000  to  the  States 
in  which  they  are  supposed  to  lie  ;  50,000,000  of  acres  for  military  services  ; 
20,000,000  have  been  entered  as  homesteads  to  actual  settlers.  We  shall  have 
1,400,000,000  of  acres,  one-half  of  which,  however,  is  in  Alaska  and  in  the 
great  American  Desert,  and  at  the  present  time  of  little  value.  Now,  in  my 
opinion,  enough  of  the  remaining  lands  should  be  devoted  to  endowing  in 
each  State  a  National  School,  affording  scientific  instruction  adapted  to  the 
mechanical  and  agricultural  requirements  of  the  age  and  country.  These 
schools  should  give  systematic  instruction  in  n-athematics  as  applied  to  phy- 
sics, in  chemistry,  in  mineralogy,  metallurgy,  as  applied  to  manufactures,  and 
in  the  modern  languages.  Mere  purely  literary  instruction  should  be  ex- 
cluded, being  abundantly  provided  for  in  our  numerous  excellent  colleges. 

It  is  the  right  of  the  bone  and  sinew  of  the  country  that  a  portion  of  the 
remnant  ot  the  public  domain  should  be  rescued  from  misappropriation  and 
applied  to  instructing  the  sons  of  the  industrial  classes  in  a  practical  knowl- 
edge which  will  afford  benefit  as  enduring  as  the  firm  earth  from  which  the 
endowment  is  sought. 

This  is  a  republic  of  knowledge  as  well  as  of  government ;  and  the  fact 
that  the  sons  of  those  devoted  to  the  pursuits  of  industry  have  not  the  time  or 
the  means  to  go  through  a  course  of  instruction  in  Greek,  Latin,  logic,  rhet- 
oric, history  and  abstract  mathematics,  is  no  reason  why  they  should  not  be 
instructed  m  practical  science,  especially  hi  the  principles  of  the  art  to  which 
they  propose  to  devote  their  lives  and  energies.  Thus  instructed  the  me- 
chanic finds  other  and  better  modes  of  doing  that  which  is  before  him,  he  gains 
new  skill,  and  difficulties  are  more  easily  remedied. 

His  mind  is  awake  ;  the  light  of  science  has  fallen  upon  him.  Profiting  by 
the  experience  of  others  and  by  his  own  inventions,  his  avocation  is  his  de- 
light. He  is,  iu  fact,  a  more  elevated  and  intelligent  man,  and  better  pre- 
pared to  receive  that  sublime  truth,  the  acceptance  of  which  is  the  end  and 
object  of  life. 

The  measure  will  be  before  the  coming  Congress.  Let  this  Institution  see 
to  it  that  the  children  of  the  mechanics  of  Newark  and  their  children's  children 
have  secured  to  them,  in  a  shape  that  will  bring  nothing  but  blessing,  their 
share  of  the  public  domain.  [Immense  applause.] 

The  Exposition  thus  auspiciously  opened  continued  until  De- 
cember 2d,  a  period  of  nine  weeks  and  three  days,  and  it  was 
numerously  attended  and  highly  successful.  The  display  of 
manufactured  goods  was  the  most  remarkable  ever  witnessed, 
and  great  interest  was  manifested  by  the  visitors  in  the  processes 


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of  manufacturing  given  in  the  building,  clearly  indicating  that 
this  feature  of  the  Exhibition  was  not  only  attractive  but  con- 
veyed much  information  to  both  old  and  young.  Exhibitions 
were  also  held  during  1874  and  1875.  The  aggregate  value  of 
goods  exhibited  during  these  exhibitions  was  $2,000,000 ;  the 
number  of  visitors  350,000.  Changes  were  made  in  the  Board 
of  Directors:  Mr.  DAVID  M.  MEEKER  was  chosen  President. 
PHINEAS  JONES  and  CHARLES  X.  LOCKWOOD  First  and  Second 
Vice  Presidents,  and  LORENZO  BOTDEX,  CHARLES  E.  Y«>i  \.,. 
CYRUS  CURRIER  and  HENRY  H.  MILLER  were  added  to  the 
Board  of  Directors. 

The  Exhibition  of  1875  was  opened  to  the  State,  with  re- 
markably tine  exhibits  from  various  sections.  All  were  marked 
with  stirring  events,  aside  from  the  display  of  industries,  and 
accomplished  the  good  purpose  for  which  they  were  designed. 
The  greatest  Miecess.  however,  attended  that  of  1873.  which  was 
so  auspiciously  opened  before  the  great  wave  of  financial  cuV 
>\vept  over  the  country.  Prominent  among  the  events  were  the 
visits  of  rhe  President  of  the  United  States  and  Secretary  of  the 
Navy  ;  the  Methodist  Board  of  Bishops ;  the  National  Carriage 
Makers'  Association.  repreNenting  firms  from  all  parts  of  the 
country  :  the  Trenton  Board  of  Trade,  in  a  body ;  General  W. 
T.  Sherman,  with  his  aid-de-camp.  Gen.  Audenreid  :  Gen.  Geo. 
A.  Custer  ;  delegation  of  sixteen  Indian  Chiefs  from  the  Arapa- 
hoe  and  Cheyenne  tribes,  who  were  on  their  way  to  Washing- 
ton to  see  the  «  Great  Father  :"  the  "  Press  "  night,  when  nearly 
all  the  newspapers  in  New  Jersey  and  many  in  New  York  were 
represented  ;  the  visit  of  the  Austrian  Ambassador  and  Chief 
Manager  of  the  Vienna  Exposition  ;  Minister  of  State  of  Guate- 
mala. Central  America,  and  other  distinguished  heads  of  Depart- 
ments of  Siate  of  this  and  other  countries ;  and  all  were  enthusi- 
astic in  their  admiration  and  praises  of  the  Exhibition. 

The  entertainments  of  vocal  and  instrumental  concerts  and  lec- 
t  ures  were  of  the  highest  order.  Among  the  performers  were  Mme. 
Titieus.  Mme.  Marie  Salvotti.  Mdll'e  Rideuti,  Miss  Clementine 
Lasar.  Miss  Clara  Louise  Kellogg.  Miss  Anna  Drasdil,  Mrs. 
Dora  Steele,  Miss  Annie  Borie.  Miss  Lena  Luckstoue.  Miss 
Annie  Buckley.  Miss  Annie  Mackenzie.  Mine.  Bouligny.  Mme. 
De  Lusson,  Miss  Emma  Cranch.  Miss  Hannah  Moore  Sproston. 
Mrs.  Ellen  Grashof,  Mrs.  Cannon,  Frank  Remmertz,  Ch.  Fritsch. 
Fred.  Steins.  Fred.  Haendel,  Daniel  Reichel,  Geo.  Simpson,  W. 


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J.  Hill,  Frank  Bartlett.  Concerts  were  given  by  200  of  New- 
ark's best  musicians,  by  the  Aurora,  Eintraeht,  Arion  and  Ger- 
mania  Singing  Societies  ;  the  Young  Apollo  Club  of  25  boys ; 
Newark  Choral  Union ;  the  Centennial  Union  ;  Crescent  Quar- 
tet Club ;  Old  Folks  ;  Theodore  Thomas'  superb  orchestra  ;  the 
musical  drama  "Belshazzar,"  and  by  David  Lyon,  the  Boy  Pian- 
ist. Levy,  Arbuckle,  Bent  and  Ward  were  the  cornetists;  Le- 
Faber,  saxophone  ;  Boehm,  Morelli,  clariouetists  ;  Mollach,  eu- 
phonium ;  Jasper,  oboe  ;  Stoll,  althorn  ;  l)e  Carlo,  Carl  Wehner.  ^ 
flutists  ;  Von  Billow,  Miss  Pauline  Stobaeus,  pianists  ;  \Yieniow- 
ski,  Herr  Sander,  Miss  Matilda  Toedt,  Colin,  violinists.  There 
were  entertainments  also  by  noted  bands,  the  famous  Gilmore's 
Twenty -second  Regiment;  Downiuir's  Ninth  Regiment;  Graful- 
la's  Seventh  Regiment ;  Dodsworth's  of  New  York  ;  Reinhard's, 
Jefferson,  Second  Regiment  and  Thistle  bands  of  Newark  ;  the 
Weber,  Strauss  and  Wagner  concerts ;  aside  from  musical  en- 
tertainments, a  grand  Floral  display  ;  a  rare  collection  of  ani- 
mals and  birds  ;  paintings — "  The  Prodigal  Son,"  by  Dubufe, 
"The  Last  Judgment,"  by  Lockwood,  "Pope  Pius  IX.,"  by 
Healy,  and  other  works  of  art  were  exhibited. 

A  paper,  "  The  Newark  Industrial  Programme,"  edited  by 
SAMUEL  TOOMBS,  was  daily  published  on  the  premises. 

Tfie  panic  of  1873  was  a  serious  misfortune  which  the  enter- 
prise of  the  Board  of  Directors  could  not  avert.  It  fell  upon  the 
Exhibition  in  the  very  midst  of  its  brilliant  career.  That  disas- 
ter, which  cast  its  baneful  effects  upon  almost  every  branch  of 
industry,  paralyzing  trade,  wrecking  fortunes,  and  blasting  the 
prosperity  and  hopes  of  thousands,  showed  its  effects  still  more 
seriously  in  our  Newark  industries  in  1874.  This  feeling  in- 
creased with  the  pressure  of  hard  times,  and  1875  found  a  major- 
ity of  the  manufacturers  in  a  condition  that  would  not  warrant 
any  extra  expense,  and  those  who  could,  desired  to  participate  in 
the  great  Centennial  Exhibition  in  Philadelphia  in  1876,  and 
could  not  devote  the  time  necessary  to  prepare  for  both  exhibi- 
tions, and  so  bent  all  their  energies  in  that  direction.  The 
officers  and  Board  of  Directors  were  indefatigable  in  their  exer- 
tions, nobly  devoting  their  time  and  means  to  this  great  enter- 
prise which  added  so  much  to  the  renown  of  our  city,  and  the 
good  effects  of  which  will  extend  to  future  generations.  Not 
unfrequently  have  manufacturers  informed  the  writer  of  the  re- 
ceipt of  foreign  orders  based  upon  the  exhibition  of  their  wares 


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at  the  Newark  Exposition,  and  aside  from  the  financial  or  busi- 
ness benefit  derived  therefrom,  its  educational  character  is  uni- 
versally admitted  to  have  been  of  the  highest  type,  and  that  our 
citizens  in  general,  both  old  and  young,  have  realized  its  elevating 
and  refining  influences. 

After  the  Exhibition  of  1875,  under  influences  of  the  distressed 
times,  it  was  decided  to  temporarily  suspend  operations.  Though 
the  Institute  still  exists  as  a  corporate  body,  with  its  valuable 
charter  covering  a  wide  field  of  usefulness,  and  although  kept 
alive  and  a  Board  of  Directors  annually  elected  in  accordance 
with  the  law,  no  effort  to  renew  an  Exhibition  of  Industries  has 
since  been  made.  But,  with  a  revival  of  business  a  new  interest 
is  awakened  and  the  inquiry  is,  When  shall  wre  have  another  Ex- 
hibition that  will  astonish  the  world? 

The  local  press,  be  it  remembered,  with  a  due  appreciation 
of  the  importance  of  these  exhibitions  of  industries  to  Newark, 
ever  lent  their  powerful  influence  to  the  cause. 

A.  M.  HOLBROOK, 

Secretary. 

Appended  are  a  few  of  the  many  extracts  from  the  press, 
showing  the  good  accomplished  for  Newark  and  the  benefits 
derived  from  these  Exhibitions. 

From  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser. 


It  is  not  to  satisfy  a  local  or  personal  pride,  or  to  make  a  pretty  raree-show 
for  young  ladies  ami  children  to  walk  through  and  say,  "  How  nice  !"  Its 
real  purpose  is  to  encourage  industry  by  advertising  the  excellence  of  our 


work  and  so  selling  our  goods.  There  is  nothing  of  the  braggart  or  the  sen- 
timentalist about  it.  We  are  a  manufacturing  people.  Our  version  of  the 
"  pursuit  of  happiness  "  is  to  enlarge  the  market  for  our  products  and  to  let 
all  purchasers  know  that  "  Newark  make  "  is  synonymous  with  excellence. 
The  Fair  is  a  legitimate  and  honest  advertisement  for  all  our  commercial  en- 
terprises and  means  business.  It  should  be  supported  on  that  principle  and 
its  name  and  fame  should  be  sounded  in  the  ears  of  customers  throughout  the 
land.  At  the  same  time  there  mingles  with  this  practical  spirit  a  high  feeling 
of  what  we  mav  call  local  patriotism,  a  love  of  the  home  ways  and  a  pride  in 
home  achievements.  The  man  who  dues  not  love  his  city  will  probably  have 
no  deep  affection  for  his  country. 

From  the  Coal  and  Iron  Record. 

Industrial  exhibitions  usually  comprehend  the  results  of  National,  State  or 
district  industries,  gaining  importance  from  extent  of  territory,  as  well  as  the 
larger  number  of  exhibitors.  But  in  this  instance  the  city  of  Newark  rejects 
all  beyond  the  confines  of  her  own  city  limits,  boldly,  and'  not  without  justifi- 
cation, depending  upon  the  celebrity  of  her  own  manufactories,  as  well  for 
varietv  and  merit  as  for  number  and  importance.  Impressed  with  the  magni- 
tude of  her  rt  sources  in  this  respect,  many  of  the  most  estimable  and  energetic 
citizens  of  the  place  provided  an  Exhibition  Building  sufficient  to  cover  two 


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acres,  planned  in  the  most  liberal  manner,  for  the  disposition  and  display  of 
articles  exclusively  of  Newark  manufacture  and  machinery  in  motion  and  the 
active  processes  of  manufactures  carried  out  by  skilled  operators.  *  '  The 
manufactured  articles  displayed  is  in  great  variety  and  of  the  highest  finish. 
The  visitor  cannot  fail  to  be  astonished  at  the  multitude  of  articles  handsomely 
arranged,  in  collections  embracing  all  the  varieties  of  tools,  implements,  ma- 
chines, hardware,  cutlery,  clothing,  jewelry,  and  household  ware,  manufac- 
tured by  each  of  the  many  manufactories  represented.  And  when  it  is  re- 
membered that  all  these  things  came  from  establishments  located  in  this  one 
city,  the  conclusion  must  be  most  favorable  to  the  enterprise,  skill  and  capacity 
of  Newark  as  a  manufacturing  centre.  *  *  The  leather  and  harness  de- 
partment is  one  of  exceeding  interest,  as  well  for  the  wonderful  variety  of 
goods  as  for  their  superior  excellence.  The  display  of  carriages  of  the  most 
expensive  style  of  finish  amply  proves  the  skill  of  Newark  mechanics  in  this 
line,  equal  to  the  highest  demands  of  cultivated  taste  seekingthe  most  recherche 
in  equipment. 

The  Exhibition  is  most  creditable  to  the  enterprise  and  intelligence  of  those 
directly  concerned  in  its  management,  and  as  a  display  of  the  industrial  pro- 
gress of  a  single  city,  unmatched  hitherto  by  any  other  city  in  the  Union  of 
like  population. 

From  the  New  Jersey  Frele  Zeitung. 


Industrial  exhibitions  are  admitted  by  all  to  be  of  inestimable  value  in  de- 
veloping the  arts  and  sciences,  and  in  elevating  the  standard  of  public  taste. 
To  the  youth  of  the  land,  the  time  devoted  to  a  daily  examination  of  the 
exhibits  will  be  well  spent,  and  will  do  more  toward  expanding  the  mind  and 
developing  habits  of  thought  than  months  of  study  from  books.  While  the 
great  majority  of  visitors  are  led  to  visit  the  exhibition  from  an  idle  curiosity, 
or  the  desire  to  be  seen,  there  is  another  and  much  smaller  number,  the  scien- 
tists, engineers  and  mechanics,  who  are  ever  on  the  alert  to  discover,  and 
adapt  to  their  own  particular  branch  of  industry  any  new  principle  or  process 
having  for  its  object  the  lessening  of  expense  of  production  or  of  the  time  re- 
quired to  manipulate.  These  men  carefully  examine  each  and  every  new 
appliance,  to  discover,  if  possible,  how  such  may  be  improved  upon  and  made 
subservient  to  the  benefit  of  the  public.  Many  of  the  inventions  which  are 
now  in  general  use  were  first  brought  prominently  to  view  through  the  direct 
agency  of  an  industrial  exhibition,  and  many  of  our  most  successful  inventors 
might  to-day  have  been  struggling  unhonored,  but  for  the  agency  just  men- 
tioned. Our  own  recent  Exposition  is  no  exception  to  this,  as  must  be  ad- 
mitted by  any  person  who  will  take  the  trouble  to  investigate  the  matter.  Far 
more  than  one  entirely  new  and  valuable  invention  might  be  cited  as  having 
been  for  the  first  time  shown  within  its  doors  and  thus  introduced  successfully 
to  the  attention  of  the  general  public  ;  inventions  of  undoubted  value  and  im- 
portance to  the  respective  industries  to  wboni  they  appertain. 

From  the  Shoe  and  Leather  Reporter. 

The  Exhibition  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  is  one  of  the  most  important  and  inter- 
esting ever  held  in  this  country — important  because  of  the  great  variety  of 
fine  goods  displayed,  and  interesting  from  the  fact  that  it  represents  the 
industries  of  a  single  city.  Other  exhibitions  may  have  a  larger  display  of 
articles,  but  we  doubt  if  any  excel  it  in  variety  and  in  the  taste  shown  in  ar- 
ranging the  goods.  Machinery  in  motion,  workmen  engaged  in 
various  occupations,  beautiful  specimens  of  handicraft,  as  well  as  rare  plants 
and  flowers,  are  seen  on  every  side,  presenting  a  panorama  where  the  me- 
chanic, the  scientist  and  the  lover  of  the  beautiful  in  nature  and  arts  may  alike 
enjoy  themselves  and  add  to  their  store  of  useful  knowledge.  *  * 
Notwithstanding  the  large  number  of  exhibitors,  the  goods  displayed  do  not 
represent  all  the  interests  of  Newark,  but  we  are  at  a  loss  to  understand  how 
a  manufacturer  can  afford  thus  to  absent  himself  or  his  productions;  neither 
can  we  see  how  any  person  so  situated  as  to  be  able  to  visit  this  wonderful 
display  of  the  productions  of  a  single  city  can  allow  the  opportunity  to  pass 
without  availing  himself  of*  it. 


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From  the  New  York  Daily  Graphic. 

Newark  has  already  accomplished  what  no  other  city  in  the  country  could 
possibly  do  in  the  way  of  a  local  exhibition,  for  it  must  be  remembere'd  exhi- 
bitors were  confined  exclusively  to  thejutisdiction  of  Newark.  The  Exhibi- 
tion of  1873  was  one  of  the  most  remarkable  and  interesting  given  in  the 
United  States,  and  was  deemed  worthy  of  a  special  visit  by  the  President, 
members  of  his  Cabinet,  General  Sherman,  members  of  Congress,  and  the 
representatives  of  the  leading  trades  of  the  country,  all  ofwhom  have  expressed 
themselves  highly  gratified  with  their  visit. 

We  do  not  wonder  that  Newarkers  take  pride  in  this  enterprise.  It  has 
been  the  means,  indirectly,  of  benefiting  the  city  to  a  great  extent,  while  its 
direct  influence  upon  trade  and  local  business  must  in  time  become  very  great. 
'  The  reputation  already  achieved  will  influence  many  from  various  sec- 
tions of  the  country  to  make  a  visit  to  this  truly  remarkable  city,  whose 
manufactures  comprise  almost  everything  from  a  button  to  a  steam  engine. 

From  the  Trenton  Gazette. 

Newark's  Exposition  of  her  industrial  products  is  a  really  magnificent 
show.  That  which  most  forcibly  strikes  the  visitor,  and  which  is  almost  be- 
wildering, is  the  great  variety  of  her  manufacturing  products.  The  visitor  can 
scarcely  realize  that  these  hundreds  of  different  articles  of  utility,  of  beauty 
and  of  superb  finish,  are  specimens  of  what  are  constantly  being  manufactured 
in  the  dingy  workshops  of  this  single  city.  It  is  with  feelings  of  profound 
satisfaction  that  he  contemplates  these  beautiful  and  valuable  results  of  the 
handicraft  of  a  New  Jersey  city  ;  and  he  gets  a  conception  of  the  achievements 
of  human  industry  and  skill  which  fills  his  heart,  with  astonishment  and 
pride.  He  realizes  the  meaning  of  the  stacks  of  tall  chimneys,  clouds  of 
smoke,  and  ceaseless  thrill  of  the  thousand  cogs  and  wheels  of  the  humming 
machinery  of  Newark.  He  obtains  a  broader  and  more  definite  comprehen- 
sion of  the  capabilities  of  his  race,  and  sees  with  amazement  the  endless 
vistas  of  future  possibilities  that  are  suggested. 

From  the  Newark  Local  Press. 

The  closing  days  of  the  great  Industrial  Exposition  bring  with  them  a  reali- 
zation of  the  importance  of  the  undertaking,  and  will  lift  our  fair  city  up  from 
under  the  shadows  of  the  Metropolis  to  show  her  individuality  in  most 
glorious  features  to  the  world.  The  display  of  manufactured  goods,  both  as 
regards  variety  and  excellence  stamps  Newark  as  one  of  the  finest  manufac- 
turing cities  in  America.  The  prestige  of  this  grand  success  will  not  die  away 
when  the  goods  that  make  up  such  a  brilliant  display  are  returned  to  the 
factories  and  stores  of  their  owners. 

The  last  note  of  the  bugle  and  tap  of  the  drum  heard  there  this  season  will 
not  wind  up  the  story  of  the  Exposition.  That  story  is  already  written  in  the 

our  city's  in- 
the splendid 

fabrics  of  Tyre,  though  many  other  ancient  splendid  cities  of  the  East  are 
only  now  mentioned  by  the  occasional  searcher  of  ruins.  The  great  cities  of 
Europe  that  owe  their  greatness  to  their  permanent  manufacturing  interests, 
have  borne  the  shock  and  devastations  of  war  for  centuries  and  have  pros- 

" the 
nored 

character  for  industry,  she  will  continue  to  grow  and  flourish. 
The  result  is  that  we  have  a  display  more  magnificent  in  point  of  real  utility 
than  the  treasures  victors  of  old  were  wont  to  pile  in  the  streets  of  their  impe- 
rial cities.  Here  is  the  gold  refined  in  our  own  furnaces,  and  wrought  into 
elegant  things  by  our  own  workmen.  Here  iron,  assuming  every  variety  of 
foi\Ts  of  usefulness  known  to  the  world,  and  many  of  these  the  result  of  New- 
ark inventions.  The  workers  in  wood  have  done  their  occupation  lasting 
honor,  while  the  display  of  leather  challenges  the  admiration  of  the  world. 
Art  has,  with  her  delicate  fingers,  given  the  place  some  touches  that  would 
not  disgrace  some  more  pretentious  galleries.  And  through  all,  music  has 


not  wind  up  the  story  of  the  Exposition.  That  story  is  already 
page  of  our  country's  history  as  an  evidence  of  the  triumph  of 
dustry,  and  timejshall  not  erase  it  !  We  still  frequently  read  of 


pered  when  others  have  fallen  to  rise  no  more  forever.     So  surely  doth  "  the 
hand  of  the  diligent  make  rich."     While  Newark  maintains  her  time-hono 


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thrilled  and  charmed  the  tens  of  thousands  who  have  visited  the  place — music 
from  our  own  performers — not  excelled  by  any,'and  contributed  to  make  the 
enterprise  one  of  profit,  instruction  and  enjoyment. 

From  the  New  York  Commercial  Advertiser. 

The  interest  of  the  manufacturers  of  Newark  for  some  time  has  been  absorbed 
in  the  Exhibition  of  the  labors  of  its  mechanic.*,  and  they  have  worked  faith- 
fully to  render  it  what  it  has  proved  itself— a  wonderful"  display  of  industry 
and  ingenuity.  Some  years  ago,  when  Theodore  Cuyler  was  attending  school 
in  Jersey,  he  spoke  of  Newark  as  the  "little  city  across  the  meadows  :"  on 
approaching  it  now,  its  appearance  tells  the  story  of  its  laboring  population. 
The  immense  manufactories  tower  above  the  ordinary  buildings,  and  high 
chimneys,  smoking  furiously,  bespeak  busy  scenes  below.  It  is  estimated 
that  there  are  over  one  thousand  flourishing  manufactories  in  Newark,  and  its 
mechanics  are  of  great  skill  and  expertness. 

From  the  Paterson  Guardian. 

This  wonderful  Exhibition  of  the  mechanical  skill  of  Newark,  and  Newark 
alone,  marks  an  advance  in  the  path  of  progressive  civilization  and  national 
wealth.  We  cannot  now  even  attempt  to  enumerate  the  articles  on  exhibi- 
tion, which  are  the  proud  products  of  the  factories  and  shops  of  this  one 
New  Jersey  city.  It  will  well  repay  a  visit  from  any  one.  They  will  be 
surprised  at  the  numerous  articles  of  use  and  ornament,  the  construction  of 
which  calls  for  the  highest  mechanical  ingenuity  and  artistic  skill,  that  will  be 
found  there. 

From  the  Boston  Commercial   Bulletin. 

No  city  of  its  size  in  America  is  more  forward  in  manufacturing  industry, 
and  no  city  can  show  greater  diversity  of  industrial  interest.  It  may  seem  a 
little  exclusive  on  Newark's  pait  to  forbid  the  work  of  outsiders  to  be  shown 
within  the  precincts  of  its  own  show,  but  this  very  rule  has  done  much  to 
encourage  home  industries,  and  to  make  their  importance  and  extent  a  source 
of  local  pride. 

From  the  New  York  Express. 

Now  being  the  season  for  expositions,  industrial  exhibitions,  agricultural 
horse  trots  and  the  like,  some  of  which  subserve  a  more  and  some  a  less  use- 
ful purpose,  it  is  worth  while  to  notice  one  in  our  immediate  neighborhood 
which  will  be,  in  many  respects,  a  model  for  all  similar  enterprises.  We 
allude  to  the  Exposition  in  our  pleasant  suburb,  Newark. 

A  peculiarity  of  this  Newark  Exposition,  and  the  one  which  seems  to  us 
worth  copying,  is  its  entire  local  character,  none  but  Newark  manufacturers 
being  allowed  space  in  the  building.  This  gives  visitors  a  clear  idea  of  what 
the  city  itself  can  do  and  is  doing,  and  stimulates  the  local  pride  of  the  citi- 
zens in  genera],  as  well  as  of  the  manufacturers  themselves.  A  very  instruc- 
tive feature  is  the  a'ctual  processes  of  manufacture.  This  was  done  to  a  certain 
extent  last  year,  notably  by  the  Clark  Thread  Works,  who  had  machinery 
running  for  the  making  of  spools,  as  well  as  the  filling  them. 

From  the  New  Jersey  Mirror. 

From  our  knowledge  of  New  Jersey's  metropolis,  we  were  prepared  to  see 
an  exhibition  of  her  products,  great  in  magnitude,  diversity  and  excellence, 
but  we  placed  a  limit  to  Newark's  producing  capacity,  quite  too  contracted  in 
view  of  this  grand  display  of  the  results  of  the  genius,  industry  and  enterprise 
of  her  people.  The  scene  presented  is  truly  wonderful,  when  it  is  remembered 
that  the  great  collection  of  machinery  and  manufactured  wares  is  solelv  tin- 
product  of  Newark's  inventive  skill  and  industry.  Not  an  article  comes  in 
,  from  abroad— nothing  but  the  handiwork  and*  taste  of  Newark's  sons  and 


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daughters.  Such  a  display  was  never  attempted  by  any  other 

city,  in  the  New  World  or  the  Old,  and  Jerseymen  may  justly  express  pride 
and  a  little  exultation  at  the  success  of  Newark's  effort  in  this  line. 

From  the  New  York  Tribune. 

The  manufactures  of  Newark  comprise  almost  every  branch  of  industry,  the 
value  of  its  manufactured  goods  amounting  to  millions  of  dollars  annually. 
The  leading  industries  are  jewelry,  carriages,  leather,  and  all  its  subsidiary 
branches,  saddlery  and  carriage  hardware,  agricultural  implements  and  ma- 
chinery. These  goods  find  a  ready  market  in  all  parts  of  the  world,  and  in 
every  city  of  prominence  in  the  United  States  the'  products  of  Newark's  work- 
shops are  certain  to  be  found.  The  special  feature  which  has  given  celebrity 
to  this  enterprise  is  that  the  goods  exhibited  are  of  Newark  manufacture,  and 
though  a  large  and  more  imposing  display  could  be  made  should  all  the  man- 
ufacturers of  the  city  enter  into  the  work,  still  the  present  Exposition  far 
surpasses  all  attempts  ever  made  by  any  municipality  to  organize  a  strictly 
local  affair  of  this  kind. 


From  the  Philadelphia  Bulletin. 

Situate  on  the  Passaic  River,  nine  miles  from  New  York  and  seventy-eight 
from  Philadelphia,  Newark  is  justly  styled  the  liveliest  city  of  New  Jersey. 
With  all  the  rush  and  gush  of  New  York  and  the  solid  business  tact  so  indica- 
tive of  Philadelphia,  the  city  is  fast  becoming  the  second  in  rank  among  the 
manufacturing  centres  of  the  country.  *  Ranged  systematically  and  with 
much  taste  wen-  fancy  and  ornamental  goods,  gold  and  silver  in  their  purity, 
implements  of  agriculture,  light  and  heavy  machinery,  and  everything  in  the 
mechanical  line.  '  Workmen  actively  engaged  in  manufacturing  nails, 


grinding,  weaving  hair  cloth,  lithographing,  making  pottery,  drilling  rock, 
making  shoes  by  machinery,  turning  ivory,  brush  making,  broom  making,  file 
cutting,  telegraphing,  metal  moulding,  paper-box  making,  both  by  hand  and 
machinery,  iron  turning,  iron  planing,  iron  shaping  and  many  other  branches, 
forming  a  hive  of  industry  and  a  school  of  instruction  for  the  people,  not  only 
of  Newark,  but  of  the  whole  country,  at  once  instructive,  elevating  and  re- 
fining. When  the  visitor  recalls  the  fact  that  all  he  sees  is  the  production  of 
the  people  of  Newark,  he  very  naturally  concludes  that  Newark  certainly 
commands  attention  and  respect  as  a  manufacturing  centre.  Of  patent 
leather,  leather,  harness,  hardware,  jewelry  and  carriages  there  is  a  profuse 
display. 

From  the  Newark  Local  Press. 

*  *  At  the  Exhibition  was  a  scene  of  unusual  interest.  The  visit  of  the 
Bishops  of  the  American  Missionary  Association  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  now 
convened  in  this  city,  who  were  received  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Di- 
rectors, and  escorted  throughout  the  spacious  edifice.  They  examined 
closely  the  articles  on  exhibition  and  the  processes  of  manufactures,  and 
best  o  \vi-d  high  praise  upon  the  wonderful  display  of  mechanical  skill  thus  ex- 
hibited, and  which  was  fully  in  accord  with  their  own  sacred  calling.  After 
their  visit  to  the  Exposition,  the  following  communication  was  addressed  to 
the  Managers  : 

To  the  Directors  of  the  Newark  Industrial.  Institute  : 

GENTLEMEN  :  The  Board  of  Bishops  of  the  M.  E.  Church  passed  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

RESOLVED,  That  our  thanks  are  hereby  tendered  to  the  Directors  of  the 
Newark  Institute  of  Industry  for  the  invitation  to  visit  their  remarkable  col- 
lection of  the  manufactures  of  Newark,  and  we  express  our  admiration  of  the 
enterprise  and  skill  which  have  yielded  such  varied  and  excellent  results,  and 
placed  their  citv  in  the  front  rank  of  American  manufacturing  communities. 

I.  W.  WILEY,  Sec'y. 


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From  the  Newark  Morning  Register. 

Although  the  public  mind  has  been  engaged  with  the  activities  of  a  lively 
and  hotly-contested  political  campaign,  and  the  times  have  been  dull,  the  Ex- 
hibition has  done  well.  Visitors  from  nearly  every  State  in  the  Union,  from 
the  British  Possessions,  from  South  America,  from  China,  Japan,  Media, 
Persia,  Hindostan,  and  the  countries  of  Europe  have  wandered  through  the 
buildings  and  examined  the  grand  combination  and  immense  centralization  of 
the  vast  industries  of  this  great  city.  Among  the  honorable  guests  who  are 
registered  in  the  office  of  the  Exhibition  was  Baron  Von  Schwarz-Senborn, 
Minister  of  the  Austrian  Empire  to  this  country,  and  several  gentlemen  con- 
nected with  the  Austrian  Legation  at  Washington.  The  Baron  was  Chief 
Manager  of  the  Vienna  Exposition,  and  has  for  years  taken  a  warm  interest 
in  industrial  exhibitions,  and  has  visited  many  enterprises  of  this  character  in 
different  parts  of  the  world;  he  expressed  himself  highly  pleased  with  our 
Exhibition,  and  seemed  surprised  that  one  city  should  be  able  to  make  such  a 
creditable  show.  Also  Senor  Nicholas  Imeno  Collante  Barranquillo,  U.  S.  of 
Columbia,  and  D.  H.  Dovale,  U.  S.  of  Columbia.  One  of  our  distinguished 
visitors  to  the  Exposition  has  just  decided  to  take  to  his  home  in  a  far  distant 
country  an  elegant  and  substantial  memento  of  his  visit  to  this  citv.  This 
gentleman,  Senor  Marco  Soto,  Minister  of  State  of  Guatemala,  Central 
America,  has  purchased  of  Golder  &  Post  the  beautiful  landau  which  has  been 
on  exhibition  at  the  Rink.  Senor  Soto,  in  making  a  careful  examination  of 
articles  on  exhibition,  noticed  this  carriage  and  admired  it  so  much  that  he 
bought  it,  paying  $1,800  for  it.  Dr.  Fred.  Volck,  of  Munich,  Bavaria,  and 
Mr.  Henry  Nash,  of  Liverpool,  were  also  visitors.  Two  names  are  registered 
as  Hindoo  and  Persian,  in  the  characters  of  the  native  language.  The  ver- 
dict of  all  the  distinguished  guests  has  been  one  of  unqualified  approval.  One 
gentleman,  a  man  of  wealth  and  leisure,  and  who  delights  in  visiting  such 
exhibitions,  stated  that  he  had  seen  every  exhibition  of  the  kind  in  this 
country,  and  never  had  found  anything  to  equal  the  Newark  Exhibition. 

Numerous  fine  concerts  have  been  given  during  the  progress  of  the  Exhi- 
bition. These  concerts  have  been  by  the  finest  military  bands  in  the  country, 
and  by  some  of  the  best  musical  talent  of  the  country  and  of  our  own  city. 
The  vocal  concerts  have  proved  particularly  successful,  one  of  them  being 
attended  by  over  6,000  persons. 

From  the  New  Jersey  Republican. 

And  it  must  be  remembered  that  the  articles  on  exhibition  are  the  production 
of  Newark,  and  that  they  are  gathered  there  with  no  hope  to  the  exhibitors  of 
fee  or  reward  in  the  way  of  prize  or  medal.  One  would  hardly  imagine  in 
walking  through  the  long  halls,  the  naves  and  galleries,  where  one  is  arrested 
at  every  step  by  novelties  in  the  way  of  machinery  or  the  products  of  ma- 
chinery, that  it  was  possible  that  one  city  could  accomplish  so  much.  Those 
who  have  visited  the  Industrial  Exhibition  at  New  York  and  have  seen  what 
could  be  brought  there  by  a  drag  net  thrown  over  the  whole  country  ;  those 
who  have  seen,  at  the  Cincinnati  Exhibition,  the  products  of  the  Ohio  Valley, 
and  at  St.  Louis  the  results  of  the  industries  of  the  Great  West — those  persons 
can  appreciate  and  realize  the  gigantic  efforts  which  have  been  put  forth  to 
make  Newark  the  centre  of  such  an  enormous  and  diversified  system  of  acti- 
vities. The  visitor  is  apt  to  say  to  himself,  If  the  chief  city  of  the  State  can 
do  thus  well,  what  can  not  the  rest  of  the  State  accomplish  ? 

From  the  Boonton  Weekly  Bulletin. 

We  visited  the  Exhibition  of  Newark  Industries,  and  were  convinced  that 
the  glowing  accounts  given  of  said  Exhibition  were  not  in  the  least  exagger- 
ated. We  hardly  believed  our  own  eyes  and  rather  doubted  our  being  in  an 
exhibition  of  the'manufacturing  products  of  one  of  our  own  cities.  The  dis- 
play of  manufactured  articles  is  surprising.  Almost  every  thing  is  on  exhibi- 
tion, arranged  in  a  manner  calculated  to  draw  loud  praises  from  the  most  quiet 
and  reserved.  The  Exhibition  is  really  one  of  much  interest  to  the  State  at 
large.  Here  hi  our  own  little  but  noble  State  is  an  Exhibition  of  the  products 


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of  the  manufactories  of  a  single  city.  It  would  be  praiseworthy  if  it  was  made 
up  of  the  productions  of  the  State  at  large,  and  would  receive  praises  even 
then.  If  that  is  the  case,  how  much  more  should  it  he  appreciated  consider- 
ing the  tact  that  it  is  but  the  result  of  the  enterprise  and  genius  of  a  sinyle 
city. 

From  the  New  York  Daily  Graphic. 

Newark  claims  to  be,  while  only  the  third  city  in  the  I'nion  in  point  of 
amount  of  manufacturing  products,  the  first  in  regard  of  variety,  and  pre- 
eminently the  city  ot  handicraft.  It  is  giatitying  to  note  also  that  the  classes 
of  citizens  outside  of  mechanical  industry  do  not  hesitate  to  acknowledge  that 
all  that  they  have  rests  upon  the  welfare  of  labor.  That  eminent  New  Jersey 
advocate,  Cortlandt  Parker,  in  his  address  closing  the  first  Newark  Exhibition 
in  1872,  uttered  an  eloquent  plea  to  the  need  of  raising  Newark's  multitude  of 
toiling  artisans  in  the  scale  of  intellectual  a::d  moral  being.  Dignity  mechanic 
art  was  his  counsel ;  educate  the  artisan  :  cultivate  morals  in  art,  producing 
the  perfect  and  lasting  rather  than  the  cheap  and  showy  ;  strive  to  generate 
and  cultivate  among  artisans  a  love  for  the  fine  arts ;  and  for  the  beautiful — 
the  useful  and  the  beautiful  being  in  the  divine  economy  conjoined.  We 
believe  that  the  famous  public  spirit  and  pride  in  home  of  Newark  capitalists 
and  manufacturers  will  look  constantly  to  the  well-being  and  contentment  of 
labor  as  the  corner-stone  of  their  prosperity. 

From  the  Newark  Press. 

VISIT   OF   GENERAL   SHERMAN. 

lu  the  evening  the  people  of  Newark  responded  and  tendered 
him  a  hundred  thousand  welcomes  indeed.  Never  in  the  history  of  the  city 
has  there  been  euch  enthusiasm  manifested.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  10,000  peo- 
ple participated  in  the  ovation  extended  to  him,  and  it  is  equally  safe  to  say 
that  not  one  in  that  vast  crowd  but  went  home  more  enthusiastic  in  their 
admiration  alike  of  the  General  and  the  man  than  they  had  ever  been  before. 
To  the  citizens  of  Newark  he  must  forever  hereafter  he  the  beau  ideal  of  a 
great  and  gracious  hero.  It  was  a  wonderful  instance  of  the  magic  of  a  name, 
and  if  ever  a  name  was  potent  to  call  forth  the  enthusiasm  of  the  people  of 
Newark,  it  is  that  of  SHERMAN.  The  General's  arrival  at  the  Market  street 
depot  met  with  a  warm  welcome  from  the  soldiers  of  Newark  and  an  immense 
gathering  of  people.  The  President,  Secretary  and  a  committee  of  the  Board 
of  Managers,  fought  their  way  through  the  throng,  and  led  the  General  to  a 
carriage  in  waiting. 

In  order  to  give  the  military  time  to  form,  and  also  to  allow  the  General  to 
see  the  city  on  this  his  first  visit,  he  was  driven  up  Broad  street  and  round  the 
Park,  when  he  expressed  great  surprise  at  and  admiration  of  the  city.  Said 
the  General,  "  I  have  passed  through  many  times,  and  thought  Newark  a 
way  station,  but  I  find  it  '  an  important  city.'  "  Returning  to  the  station,  the 
military  had  formed,  and  were  in  readiness  to  escort  him. 

The  carriage,  in  which  were  the  General,  his  aid-de-camp  Gen.  AUDEN- 
REID,  President  HALSEY  and  Secretary  HoLBROOK,  of  the  Institute,  then 
proceeded  slowly  to  the  residence  of  Mr.  HALSEY,  on  Broad  street,  accompa- 
nied by  the  military  singing  the '' March  to  the  Sea,"  and  other  war  songs, 
amid  the  most  unbounded  enthusiasm.  Among  the  guests  assembled  at 
President  HALSEY'S  house  were  Senator  FRELINGHUYSEN,  Congressman  M. 
L.  WARD,  Chancellor  RUNYON,  Judge  DEPUE,  Hon.  H.  N.  CONGAR,  Hon. 
A.  Q.  KEASBEY  and  THOMAS  T.  KINNEY,  Esq.  In  the  evening,  at  an 
early  hour,  the  Exhibition  began  to  be  the  centre  of  attraction  for  thousands 
of  our  citizens.  For  hours  a  constant  stream  poured  into  the  doors  of  en- 
trance, till  the  halls,  passages  and  avenues  of  the  vast  building  actually  over- 
flowed with  an  ever-moving,  eager  and  far-stretching  throng. 

From  the  first  moment  of  the  entrance  of  General  WILLIAM  TECUMSEH 
SHERMAN,  escorted  by  the  Board  of  Directors,  Mayor  RICORD,  Gens.  PLUME, 
HARRIS,  WARD,  Colonel  DAVIS,  and  others,  there  seemed  to  be  a  magic 
influence  exerted  by  his  presence  on  the  entire  assemblage.  He  took  the 


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hearts  of  the  multitude  absolutely  by  storm.  The  crowd  surged  toward  him 
like  steel  filings  rushing  to  a  loadstone,  andlike  the hemrned-in  water  of  a  flood 
that  carries  everything  before  it,  swept  around  and  after  him  in  a  torrent. 

The  General  was  dressed  in  full  uniform.  He  had  removed  his  hat,  how- 
ever, and  remained  uncovered  during  the  entire  evening.  He  looked  re- 
markably well,  almost  his  first  glance  was  a  smiling  one,  and  his  first  words 
a  hearty  expression  of  satisfaction,  and  he  laughed  the  heartiest  of  laughs 
when  hemmed  in  by  the  crowd  and  swept  away  by  the  flood. 

An  inspection  of  the  machinery  was  commenced,  and  the  General  closely 
examined  several  of  the  more  prominent  aiticles,  asking  many  questions  with 
the  evident  desire  to  master  everything  novel  that  fell  under  his  notice,  but 
the  citizens  were  not  going  to  let  him  off  so.  They  would  see,  and  they  would 
shake  hands  with  him.  At  last  hp  good-naturedly  and  in  a  manner  most 
genial  and  hearty  met  the  wish  of  the  people,  and  the  procession  became  from 
thenceforth  one  of  handshaking  and  congratulation.  Before  the  General  was 
through  he  must  have  had  a  more  wearied  arm  than  when  he  cut  his  way  to 
the  sea.  Every  passage  of  the  Exhibition  was  traversed,  happy  jokes  and 
witty  sayings  being  continually  indulged  in  by  the  General,  who  had  at  last 
to  pull  the  glove  from  his  left  hand  and  extend  both  to  the  eager  crowds. 
The  General's  mode  of  hand-shaking  was  conducted  in  a  way  that  expedited 
the  business  very  much.  He  crossed  arms  and  paid  out  his  greetings  on  both 
sides  in  the  same  style  that  a  skillful  mariner  pays  out  cable.  As  he  passed 
en  route  through  the  surging  crowd,  all  eager  to  grasp  his  hand,  two  little 
boys  were  held  aloft  by  their  parents  in  order  to  see  and  take  the  General's 
hand,  some  burly  fellows  pushed  them  far  in  the  rear,  exclaiming,  "  Make 
room  ;  no  place  for  children."  The  General  espied  the  movement,  and  imme- 
diately reached  for  the  boys,  taking  them  in  his  arms  and  kissing  them,  and 
passed  the  fellows  in  contempt.  *  *  * 

It  was  nearly  11  o'clock  before  the  quiet  of  the  Directors'  room  was  reached, 
and  here  the  soldiers  and  many  citizens  had  to  be  received  again.  The  Gen- 
eral sat  down  in  an  easy  chair,  and,  though  very  much  fatigued,  still  retained 
his  vivacity  and  had  a  pleasant  word  to  say  to  everybody.  The  reception 
there  was  more  like  a  genial  family  party  than  a  formal  presentation  to  a  great 
man. 

"  I  went  to  see  President  GRANT  a  day  or  two  ago,"  said  SHERMAN,  ''and 
asked  him  what  this  Newark  Exhibition  amounted  to  anyhow.  General 
GRANT  said  it  was  a  good  thing :  that  it  was  entirely  different  from  all  other 
exhibitions,  as  it  was  made  up  exclusively  from  productions  of  one  city,  and 
he  added.  '  You  had  better  go  and  see  it. '  I  told  him  ]  would,  and  I  am 
surprised  to  see  what  I  have  seen.  Some  other  fairs  that  I  have  just  visited 
are  filled  up  with  pictures  from  all  over  the  country,  and  even  from  Europe, 
but  you  have  done  all  this  yourselves." 

After  quiet  had  been  restored,  he  made  the  round  of  the  buildings,  and 
spent  an  hour  in  the  examination  of  the  numerous  articles  on  exhibition.  He 
expressed  the  greatest  satisfaction  with  everything,  and  particularly  examined 
the  samples  of  leather,  saddlery,  hardware,  carriages  and  the  display  of  tools. 

As  a  matter  of  interest  to  the  public,  we  insert  here  two  ex- 
tracts from  letters  received  from  General  SHERMAN  at  different 
times.  In  his  letter  from  Washington  to  the  Board  of  Managers 
he  says  : 

"  I  can  hardly  realize  that  your  people  should  feel  any  curiosity  to  see  one 
who  wishes  to  avoid  notoriety  and  to  glide  along  life's  current  as  smoothly  as 
possible.  I  had  supposed  the  Industrial  Exhibition  to  be  a  sort  of  fair,  local 
in  its  nature  and  lasting  but  a  few  days  ;  but  I  learn  it  is  something  more.  * 
I  will  come  over  Friday  evening.  I  would  bring  with  me  only  one  aid,  and 
prefer  not  to  see  any  military  parade  on  the  streets,  but  to  meet  your  military 
in  a  social  way." 

In  a  letter  from  St.  Louis  he  says  : 


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"  In  St.  Louis,  to  which  place  I  have  removed,  in  hope.s  that  I  may  pass  the 
rest  of  my  life  in  comparative  peace  *       I  must  therefore  in  a  measure 

subside  from  public  notice  *  *  so  that  I  am  reassured  that  St.  Louis  is 
the  true  place  for  an  old  soldier  to  settle  down.  Nevertheless  no  political  or 
geographical  bonds  can  limit  my  feelings  of  fraternity  and  friendship,  and  I 
shall  ever  preserve  a  most  lively  recollection  of  my  visit  to  Newark,  and  shall 
always  pray  that  all  the  blessings  due  intelligent  industry  may  fall  on  the 
heads  of  your  good  people." 

From  the  Harness  and  Carriage  Journal. 

*  *  It  was  universally  admitted  to  have  been  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting displays  of  mechanical  industry  held  in  this  country.  It  has  done 
much  toward  familiarizing  Newark  with  dealers  and  consumers  in  all  parts  of 
the  United  States,  and  must  tend  to  attract  attention  to  that  city  as  one  of  the 
most  important  manufacturing  centres.  But  this  is  not  all.  It  has  done  far 
more  in  convincing  the  people  that  a  combination  of  instruction  with  amuse- 
ment affords  the  most  rational  as  well  as  the  most  advantageous  schools  for 
study  that  can  be  inaugurated.  In  this  respect  the  Newark  Exhibition  has 
set  an  example  for  older  and  stronger  institutions.  The  Directors,  after  se- 
curing the  finest  collection  of  manufactured  articles  ever  exhibited  by  a  single 
city,  set  to  work  to  make  it  doubly  attractive  by  giving  a  series  of  concerts, 
vocal  and  instrumental,  that  exceeded  everything  in  the  wray  of  variety  before 
offered  in  that  city.  The  best  talentMn  the  country  was  employed,  drawing 
together  at  different  times  5,000  to  10,000  people  in  an  evening.  No  person 
could  visit  that  Exhibition  without  being  pleased  and  instructed  ;  the  close 
student  in  mechanics,  the  admirer  of  all  that  is  artistic  in  mechanical  produc- 
tions, all  found  in  this  Exhibition  food  for  their  taste.  Great  praise  is  due  the 
entire  Board  of  Directors  for  their  energy  and  liberality,  and  the  citizens  of 
Newark  should  see  to  it  that  there  comes  a  return  of  this  instructive  and 
elevating  Exhibition,  while  other  cities,  following  the  example  thus  set, 
should  organize  exhibitions  of  like  nature  ;  by  so  doing  they  will  encourage 
their  native  industries  and  afford  instruction  to  their  citizens. 

From  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser. 

EDITOR  DAILY  ADVERTISER  :  Much  has  been  said  about  our  "'  Newark 
Industrial  Exhibition  "  opening  its  doors  to  exhibitors  throughout  the  State. 
Under  some  circumstances  it  might  do,  but  the  purposes  of  the  Exhibition  in 
its  local  character,  i.  e.,  the  elevation  of  the  name  of  Newark  as  a  manufactur- 
ing centre,  must  not  be  lost  sight  of.  Cities,  like  individuals,  vie  with  each  other 
for  supremacy,  and  are  classed  according  to  ability  for  production.  It  is  one 
thing  to  profess  to  be  able  to  accomplish  much,  but  to  prove  it  quite  another. 

Newark  has  long  been  considered  as  a  suburb  of  New  York,  and  under  the 
shadow  of  the  Great  Metropolis,  was  thought  to  be  a  quiet  little  village,  and 
to  claim  for  it  any  prominence  was  thought  visionarv.  Few  kind  words  were 
ever  lisped  for  it ;  even  the  State  was  long  ruled  '•'  6ut  of  the  Union." 

But  an  exposition  of  its  manufactured  products,  which  by  the  way,  no  other 
city  of  the  country  has  ever  done  or  dared  to  undertake,  has  placed  its  name 
high  on  the  roll  of  manufacturing  cities.  It  demonstrated  that  Newark  is 
capable  of  producing  a  far  greater  variety  and  of  superior  workmanship  than 
any  other  city  of  the  Union,  which  fact  was  acknowledged  by  visitors  as  well 
as  the  press  throughout  the  country.  The  fairs  or  expositions  which  are  held 
in  different  cities  draw  upon  a  wide  extent  of  country  to  fill  their  halls,  and 
even  in  that  are  not  remarkably  successful.  How  different  with  Newark,  as 
was  demonstrated  last  year ;  success  attended  it  in  the  highest  degree,  and  as 
Newarkers.  all  should  feel  a  pride  in  its  accomplishments. 

The  thousands  who  were  wont  to  pass  through  its  borders  on  their  way  to 
New  York,  knew  little  of  its  manufacturing  worth  until  their  attention  was 
arrested  by  the  Exposition  of  its  products,  and  through  that  Exposition  the 
name  of  Newark  has  become  known  throughout  the  world.  Why  not  con- 
tinue in  this  line  of  well  doing  f  Let  time  decide  the  propriety  of  receiving 
outside  exhibitors. 

I  believe  the  interest  among  the  manufacturers  is  on  the  increase,  and  with 


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just  pride  do  they  cling  to  the  local  character.  The  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  the  "  Army  of  Purchasers  "  who  hie  to  New  York,  will  learn  that  the 
half-hour's  distance  with  its  half-dozen  railroads,  although  in  another  State,  is 
nearer  the  centre  of  trade  than  an  hour's  ride  to  Central  Park.  Let  the  Man- 
agers for  the  present,  at  least,  preserve  its  local  character. 

"  NEWARK  EXHIBITOR." 

From  the  Newark  Daily  Courier. 

The  past  history  of  this  Institution  is  familiar  to  all  our  readers.  The  Ex- 
hibition of  1872,  though  simply  an  experiment,  devised,  planned  and  carried 
forward  to  a  most  gratifying  success,  resulted  in  creating  the  Newark  Indus- 
trial Institute,  under  whose  auspices  the  succeeding  exhibitions,  those  of  1873 
and  1874,  were  held.  These  two  years  were  peculiarly  trying  to  the  new 
organization,  and  the  fact  that,  in  spite  of  a  disastrous  financial  panic,  from 
which  resulted  a  general  prostration  of  all  industries,  and  which  was  severely 
felt  by  the  manufacturing  interests  of  Newark — in  spite  of  all  this,  the  fact 
that  the  exhibitions  were  continued  during  this  period  and  were  largely  patron- 
ized by  visitors  from  other  sections  of  the  country  as  well  as  by  the  citizens  of 
our  own  State,  speaks  volumes  in  its  favor. 

When  these  exhibitions  were  first  started  the  intention  was,  and  the  general 
desire  among  our  people  was,  to  keep  them  confined  exclusively  to  Newark. 
As  such  they  have  been  productive  of  very  much  general  good,  by  giving  a 
new  importance  and  attractiveness  to  our  city.  Since  their  establishment  more 
attention  has  been  paid  us  by  sister  cities  throughout  the  country  than  we 
have  ever  before  received,  and  the  press — not  alone  the  newspaper  press, 
which  photographs  daily  every  important  occurrence  of  whatevei  nature,  but 
the  publishers  of  magazines  and  books,  who  create  standard  works  and  seek 
important  matters,  in  order  to  impart  instruction  and  collate  material  for 
reference — have  sought  us  out  and  given  to  the  world  more  knowledge  of  our 
internal  life  and  general  characteristics  than  thousands  of  our  people  deemed 
possible  to  obtain.  In  fact,  Newark  has  been  BO  frequently  illustrated  and 
written  about,  that  people  who  ten  years  ago  were  ignorant  even  of  our  exist- 
ence, would  laugh  at  any  one  who  should  attempt  to  make  them  believe  other- 
wise than  that  they  had  always  had  a  good  opinion  of  that  manufacturing  city 
on  the  Passaic. 

Newark  now  has  a  history  of  its  own,  and  a  place  on  the  map  of  the  coun- 
try out  of  the  shadow  of  the  Great  Metropolis.  From  a  "  suburb  "  of  New 
York  city,  it  has  suddenly  sprung  into  life  as  an  "  independent"  municipality, 
having  as  good  and  substantial  claims  to  the  dignity  of  a  city,  in  fact  as  well 
as  in  name,  as  any  settlement  a  thousand  miles  away  from  the  Hudson.  A 
great  change  has  been  created  within  the  past  few  years,  and  mainly  the  result 
of  the  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition. 

From  the  Newark  Evening  Courier. 

VISIT  OF   GEN.    CUSTER. 

Of  all  the  prominent  Generals  of  the  late  war,  none  achieved  a  higher  repu- 
tation than  the  dashing  cavalry  officer,  Gen.  GKO.  A.  CUSTER.  It  was  fitting 
that  Newark  should  tender  some  recognition  of  his  services  to  the  country, 
and  the  Managers  of  the  Industrial  Institute  very  properly  extended  him  an 
invitation  to  visit  the  Exhibition,  which  was  accepted.  Shortly  before  nine 
o'clock  the  sound  of  music  announced  the  approach  of  the  General  and  escort, 
and  the  visitors  assembled  around  the  main  entrance  to  catch  a  glimpse  of  the 
bold  raider.  Soon  Reinhard's  band,  led  by  Prof.  Voss,  marched  in  and  took 
up  position  at  the  foot  of  the  broad  staircase,  and  on  the  appearance  of  the 
Genera],  struck  up  "  Hail  to  the  Chief."  The  Fifth  Veteran  Regiment,  who 
escorted  the  General,  then  filed  in,  and,  after  stacking  arms,  were  temporarily 
dismissed. 

After  a  short  sojourn  in  the  Manager's  room,  where  the  General  was  intro- 
duced by  President  MEEKER  to  a  number  of  our  prominent  citizens,  the  Board 
of  Directors — President  MEEKER  escorting  the  General  and  Secretary  HOL- 
BROOK  leading — conducted  their  distinguished  guest  through  the  various  de- 


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partments,  where  all  objects  of  interest  were  carefully  shown.  The  General 
was  then  escorted  to  the  stage,  where,  among  others  of  our  well-known  citi- 
zens present,  were  noticed  CORTLANDT  PARKER,  Esq.,  Alderman  C.  N. 
LOCKWOOD,  ANDREW  ALBRIGHT,  CHARLES  E.  YOUNG,  ELI  H.  REYNOLDS, 
WM.  JOHNSON,  JOHN  M.  PHILLIPS,  JOHN  D.  HARRISON,  N.  F.  BLANC  n- 
ARD,  A.  Q.  KEASBEY,  J.  T.  LEVERICH,  Rev.  Mr.  GOODWIN,  ex-Sheriff 
WM.  A.  BALDWIN,  ex-Sheriff  WM.  BUSH,  ELIAS  HALSEY,  THEO.  MACKNET, 
Col.  EDWARD  II.  WRIGHT,  Gen.  PLUME,  Col.  BINGHAM,  Col.  BARNARD, 
Capt.  OLIVER,  of  the  Fifty-fourth  Mass.,  Major  GEO.  B.  HALSTED.  The 
military  forming  in  hollow  square,  Hon.  CORTLANDT  PARKER  was  announced, 
who  in'troduced  Gen.  CUSTER  to  the  assemblage  in  a  few  appropriate  remarks. 
The  General  came  forward  and  responded  as  follows  : 

"  CITIZENS  AND  SOLDIERS  :  I  thank  you  for  this  attention.  It  is  not  often 
that  I  make  public  speeches,  nor  is  it  a  custom  of  mine.  This  reception  I 
deem  a  great  honor,  for  I  see  among  you  those  who  are  not  entire  strangers. 
I  am  glad  to  see  what  New  Jersey  can  do,  for  I  have  often  heard  of  the  inde- 
pendence of  New  Jersey,  and  what  I  have  seen  here  to-night  of  the  handi- 
work of  her  mechanics  leads  me  to  proclaim  her  independent  indeed.  I  was 
early  in  the  war  attached  to  the  First  New  Jersey  Brigade,  under  the  glorious 
Phil  Kearny — a  brigade  for  chivalry  and  dash  not  surpassed  by  any  other  — 
and  it  took'its  impress  from  Phil  Kearny.  I  had  the  proud  honor,  later  in  the 
war,  of  leading  the  gallant  New  Jersey  Third  Cavalry,  and,  although  they 
were  usually  on  escort  duty,  and  from  their  showy  uniform  had  been  styled 
'  The  Butterflies,'  there  came  a  time  when  they  proved  they  were  worthy  the 
name  and  fame  of  Jerseymen,  and  that  they  could  and  did  fight. 

"  On  the  ninth  of  September,  1864,  nearly  all  the  cavalry  of  both  armies  met 
in  hostile  array  in  the  valley  of  the  Shenandoah.  The  victory  was  with  the 
North,  and  the  Southerners  were  driven  twenty  miles  away.  As  they  .were 
returning  from  th.-?  pursuit  under  their  then  commander,  Colonel  Robeson, 
brother  of  the  present  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  I  met  them  carrying  a  flag 
captured  from  the  enemy.  They  halted,  and  said  :  '  General,  doe's  this  look 
as  though  we  could  fight?'  waving  at  the  same  time  the  captured  flag,  and 
Col.  Robeson  said,  '  General,  if  you  will  look  a  little  further  back  you  will 
see  munitions,  horses,  equipments  and  a  full  battery,  with  Butterflies  astride 
the  guns.' 

"  Gentlemen,  I  again  thank  you  for  this  pleasing  and  most  cordial  recep- 
tion." 

From  the  Burlington  (N.  J.)  Enterprise. 

Few  people  in  West  Jersey  yet  realize  the  growing  value  and  importance 
of  the  manufacturing  interests  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  counties  and  towns  bor- 
dering on  New  York  Bay  and  the  Hudson  River.  Many  have  heard  of  the 
wealth  and  population  which  have  been  driven  out  of' New  York  by  high 
taxes  and  rents  and  the  general  insecurity  of  life  and  property,  so  that  the 
commercial  rival  of  New  York  city  on  the  soil  of  New  Jersey  is  no  longer  a 
wild  dream  of  pal  riotic  and  far-seeing  Jerseymen.  But  it  has  been  reserved 
for  Newark,  with  its  teeming  population  of  125,000  and  its  manifold  railroad 
connections,  to  develop  the  manufacturing  interests  of  East  Jersey.  By  judi- 
cious management  the  industrial  interests  of  Newark  have  been  united  in  an 
Exposition  of  manufactures  of  all  classes  and  descriptions,  from  a  needle  to  an 
anchor,  from  a  plobular  clock  which  keeps  the  time  of  the  four  quarters  of  the 
earth,  to  a  noiseless  steam  engine,  which  furnishes  power  to  the  great  and 
small  machines  which  crowd  the  Industrial  Building  and  bewilder  the  be- 
holder of  this  mammoth  hive  of  industry,  presenting  a  floor  surface  of  over 
two  acres.  The  Newark  Exposition  contains  almost  every  article  which  the 
necessity,  comforter  taste  of  civilized  man  in  the  Nineteenth  Century  has  de- 
vised or  invented. 


From  the  Boston  Commercial    Bulletin. 

This  Exhibition  differs   from   those   that  are  usually  given,    having  been 
thoroughly  local  in  its  character,  no  goods  or  machinery   being  admitted  that 


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were  not  of  Newark  production.  Exhibitors  are  not  charged  for  space,  and 
are  given  the  privilege  of  making  sales. 

The  very  many  strangers  constantly  arriving  gives  a  zest  to  the  suppoiters 
in  the  large  daily  average  of  investments  thev  make.  Our  reporter  witnessed 
the  sale  of  an  $1,800  landau  carriage  ;  $33,000  steam  engine;  the  agreement 
on  an  800-feet  iron-fence  contract ;  sales  of  five  sewing-machines,  and  negoti- 
ation for  seven  $430  double-truck  harnesses.  *  *  The  Carriage 
Makers'  Association  of  the  United  States,  105  strong,  assembled  here,  and 
rumor  says  they  left  over  $60,000  worth  of  orders  in  the  building,  our  New 
England  interest  being  represented  by  the  following  manufacturers :  Joseph 
F.  Pray,  Howard  Slade,  A.  F.  Ham,  C.  E.  Mori-ill,  Boston  ;  C.  P.  Kimball, 
Portland  ;  George  L.  Browne!!,  New  Bedford  ;  John  D.  Ames,  Fall  River  ; 
Chas.  H.  Stevens,  Bridgeport :  T.  Parker,  Norwich  ;  F.  W.  Bishop,  West 
Haven ;  Z.  Simmons,  Union,  Me.  *  *  The  masses  en  masse  have 
constantly  thronged  the  hall.  Twentv  day  and  five  night  public  schools  have 
been  admitted,  in  all  5>0,000  children,  in  squads  of  1,500  at  a  time,  on  special 
afternoons  and  evenings.  The  asylums  and  hospitals  of  the  city  have  been 
enabled  also  to  give  the  beneficents  a  view  of  the  Exhibition. 

The  machinery  was  run  by  a  fifty  hoi-se  power  Hewes  &•  Phillips  steam 
engine,  the  attractive  feature  of  which,  aside  from  its  elegance  of  finish,  being 
the  exact  nicety  at  which  the  cut-off  responded  to  the  "momentary  varying 
loads,  instantly  acting  upon  the  governor  without  strain  or  jar,  the*  fly-wheel 
never  varying  a  fraction  in  its  rate  of  speed.  L.Wright's  five  horse"  power 
vertical  engine,  putting  through  a  seven  horse-power  strain  with  uniform  and 
rapid  speed,  their  jeweler's  case  lathe  being  a  bewitching  piece  of  mechanism. 
Gould's  Machine  Co.'s  gear  cutter,  gouging  into  and  through  one  to  one  and 
one-eighth  inch  cast  iron,  with  precision  and  strength,  making  from  one  to 
six-inch  cogs  without  perceptible  jarring.  The  Passaic  Iron  Works  five-foot 
planer  and  a  turbine  water  wheel. 

The  exhibition  of  leather  was  headed  by  several  extra-large  enameled 
splits,  T.  P.  Howell  &  Co.  showing  a  perfect  side  with  108  square  feet  ;  R. 
Ward  &  Co.,  one  each  91  and  84;  and  S.  Halsey  &  Son,  80  square  feet. 
Newark  is  a  great  centre  of  the  enameled  leather  business,  and  the  respective 
displays  of  Howell,  Nugent,  Halsey,  Ward,  Strauss,  Lang,  Palmer,  Smith, 
Harrison  and  Blanchard  were  very  fine. 

Boots  and  shoes  by  L.  Boyden*&  Co.,  Bannister  &  Tichenor  and  L.  Graf. 
The  peculiarities  of  the  pebbling  of  manufactures  in  upper  splits  was  no- 
ticeable, and  in  one  or  two  cases  was  a  remarkable  following  to  the  natural 
grain.  This  department  alone  was  worth  the  expense  of  a  visit  from  New 
England. 

The  harness  department  was  also  a  notable  one.  Benedict's  double  harness, 
with  light  saddles ;  Dufford's  ditto,  still  less  in  weight ;  Demarest's  heavy 
double  truck ;  Marshall's  specialty  in  team  saddles ;  Peters'  Mexican  trap- 
pings, and  a  host  of  others. 

Quinby's  coaches,  Brandenburgh's  light  wagons,  Golder  &  Post's  Bretts, 
Leverich's  phaeton  and  Brett,  Colyer's  road  buggy,  Phineas  Jones,  hubs  and 
wheels,  Crane's  carriage  wood  work,  Tomlinson's  springs,  and  Spurr's  mar- 
ble work,  made  this  department  very  creditable. 

Among  the  articles  exhibited  may  be  mentioned  O.  Barnet  and  D.  M. 
Meeker  &.  Sons,  malleable  irons  ;  Wm.  Johnson,  tools  ;  Richardson,  saws  ; 
Char! ton,  small  hardware  ;  Roemer,  locks  ;  Crane,  bolts  ;  Price,  edge  tools  ; 
saddlery  hardware,  by  Theberath  &  Bro.,  Wiener  &  Co.,  Joseph  Baldwin, 
Crane  &  Co.,  Sturges  &  Son,  and  Reynolds  &  Zahn  ;  trunk  hardware,  by 
Ballard  &  Minchin.  Riley  &  Lynch  and  Roberts  &  Havell ;  tools,  by  Sauer- 
bier  &  Son  ;  Mockridge  &  Son,  planes ;  Wm.  Blume,  buckle  tongues ; 
Alex.  McGregor,  jewelers'  dies  ;  H.  Heinisch  and  J.  Wiss,  shears  ;  Charles 
Si ppel,  carved  goods;  F.  S.  Osborn,  cutlery;  Walton  Bros.,  lanterns; 
Hedges  Bros.,  Cumbers'  wares  ;  M.  GouldlSons,  W.T.  &  J.  Mersercaii.  stair 
rods,  and  Spaeth  &  Guelicher,  skates.  h  Oscar  Barnet's  radial  drill  ; 

Hendrick's  single  copper  circle,  1'25  inches  in  diameter  ;  Edwards  &  Smitn's 
and  Ely's  railings  ;  Sayre's  fire  brick  ;  Newark  pottery  pipes  ;  Robertson's 
and  Osborn's  varnishes  ;  Connery's  brushes ;  Chase  &'  Co.'s  lathes;  Edgar 
Farmer,  T.  B.  Peddie,  Simon  Bros.,  McCormick.  Poinier  and  Thatcher, 
trunks,  bags.  &c.  ;  McGregor  &  Drummond,  langes;  Ward's  stable  fit  tings; 


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C.  Cooper  &  Co.,  chemicals  ;  Lister  Bros.,  agricultural  chemicals  ;  Heller, 
ultramarine  blue;  B.  Atha  &  Co.,  ingots  and  rolled  steel,  enumerate  but  a 
tithe  of  the  attractions. 

From  the  State  Press. 

THE   "PRESS"   NIGHT. 

*  *  '  The  banquet  and  reception  tendered  to  the  representatives  of 
"  The  Press  "  was  one  of  the  prominent  and  distinguished  social  features  of 
the  Exhibition.  Every  newspaper  in  the  State  and  the  prominent  papers  of 
New  York  were  worthily  represented.  Gilmore's  famous  Twenty-second 
Regiment  Band  were  specially  secured  for  this  occasion,  and  during  the 
evening  interpreted  an  excellent  programme. 

The  guests  were  received  by  the  Press  Reception  Committee,  consisting  of 
THOMAS  T.  KINNKV.  Dr.  S.  B.  HUNT,  WM.  B.  GUILD,  JOHN  Y.  FOSTER, 
BENEDICT  PRIHTH,  J.  A.  BEECHER,  E.  H.  CLEMENT  and  WM.  HUTCHIN- 
SON,  each  provided  with  a  handsome  badge  bearing  the  inscription  in  gold, 
"  Our  Guests."  After  viewing  and  admiring  the  many  processes  of  manu- 
facturing in  full  operation,  and  the  thousands  of  samples  of  Newark's  in- 
dustries, and  listening  to  the  delightful  music,  they  found  their  way  through 
the  surging  throng  of  people  to  the  Director's  room,  where  a  bountiful  enter- 
tainment awaited  them.  The  room  was  tastefully  decorated  with  American 
Hags,  encircling  at  the  head  a  finely  painted  portrait,  by  Hagny,  of  Hon.  WM. 
B.  KINNEY,  the  founder  of  the  first  daily  newspaper  in  the  State.  The  tables 
were  decorated  with  flowers,  fruits,  and  emblematical  devices  in  confectionery. 
These  included  a  pyramid  of  nougat  with  the  motto,  "The  pen  is  mightier 
than  thes\vord."  There  were  also  beehives,  suggestive  of  industry,  &c.,  &c. 
The  guests  were  here  welcomed  by  President  HALSEY  on  behalf  of  the  Board 
in  the  following  remarks : 

"  GENTLEMEN  OF  THE  PRESS:  In  behalf  of  the  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  I  cordially  invite  you  here  to-night.  We  feel  that  we  are  greatly 
indebted  to  you  for  the  success  which  has  attended  our  undertaking.  You 
have  not  fai'led  to  appreciate  the  importance  of  such  an  exhibition  of  the  me- 
chanical skill  and  business  enterprise  of  our  city,  and  you  have  drawn  public- 
attention  to  the  true  elements  of  our  growth  and  prosperity.  It  is  thus  that 
the  press  becomes  the  support  of  that  real  enterprise  which  finds  its  greatest 
triumph  in  the  development  of  the  mechanic  arts.  Here  in  these  varied  forms 
of  beauty  and  art  we  present  to  you  the  result  of  that  culture  and  skill  which 
our  mechanics  and  artisans  have  attained,  WThether  intended  for  use  or  orna- 
ment they  will  compare  favorably  with  the  production  of  any  other  city.  The 
•  art  preservative  of  all  arts '  should  here  be  fittingly  recognized,  and  we 
tender  you  our  thanks  for  courtesies  received  at  your  hands  and  for  your 
presence  here  to-night." 

Mr.  JOHN  Y.  FOSTER,  on  behalf  of  the  Press  Reception  Committee,  made  a 
speech  in  which  he  argued  the  mutual  help  and  interdependence  of  the  press 
with  other  departments  of  labor,  and  giving  some  interesting  information 
about  the  Exhibition.  He  made  graceful  reference  to  the  presence  of  the  first 
editor  of  the  oldest  daily  newspaper  in  the  State,  Hon.  W.  B.  KINNEY,  of 
the  Advertiser,  recently  returned  from  his  post  as  his  country's  representative 
at  an  important  Court  abroad.  He  was  followed  by 

Col.  MORRIS  R.  HAMILTON,  one  of  the  veteran  newspaper  men  of  the 
State,  who  made  a  pleasant  address,  contrasting  the  Newark  Exposition, 
which  was  the  exclusive  production  of  a  single  city,  with  that  of  St.  Louis, 
which  he  had  seen,  and  which  would  be  more  appropriately  termed  an  Expo- 
sition of  the  Great  West. 

Judge  GUILD,  of  the  Newark  Journal,  responded  in  a  neat  speech  in  his 
fluent  and  happy  vein,  dilating  upon  the  importance  of  the  Exhibition  to 
Newark. 

Mr.  WM.  HuTCinxfcox,  of  the  Newark  Register,  alluded  to  art  and  science 
as  exhibited  in  the  products  of  skilled  workmen  and  their  importance,  not 
only  in  showing  to  the  world  the  quality  of  Newark  manufactures,  but  fos- 
tering a  taste  for  the  beautiful  as  well  as  the  useful. 


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Professor  PHIN,  of  New  York,  was  called  upon,  and  he  stated  that  he  was 
much  pleased  with  the  Exhibition  in  the  Birmingham  of  America.  He 
noticed  many  improvements  over  the  Exhibition  of  last  year,  and  the  progress 
made  was  like  the  finishing  touch  of  the  sculptor. 

Dr.  KEMPSON,  of  the  New  York  Insurance  Journal,  said  that  he  was  a 
native  of  Birmingham,  England.  He  was  free  to  confess  that  Newark 
eclipsed  Birmingham  in  the  variety  of  manufactured  articles  and  in  the  quality 
of  the  goods.  Newark's  growth  had  been  wonderful.  He  had  seen  the  exhi- 
bitions in  other  cities,  and  this  Exhibition  was  equal  if  not  superior  to  them  all. 

Other  addresses  were  made  by  A.  B.  JOHNSON,  J.  A.  BEECHER,  F.  FER- 
01  >ux.  B.  R.  WESTON,  of  New  York,  W.  N.  FITZGERALD,  OBA  WOOD- 
RUFF, P.  T.  QriNN. 

Among  those  present  were  members  of  Common  Council,  officers  of  the 
leading  banking  institutions,  and  a  number  of  prominent  manufacturers. 

From  the  State  Gazette. 

Newark's  Exposition  of  her  industrial  products  is  a  really  magnificent 
show.  That  which  most  forcibly  strikes  the  visitor,  and  which  is  almost  be- 
wildering, is  the  great  variety  of  her  manufacturing  products.  The  visitor  can 
scai-cely  realize  that  these  hundreds  of  different  articles  of  utility,  of  beauty 
and  of  superb  finish,  are  specimens  of  what  are  being  constantly  manufactured 
in  the  dingy  workshops  of  this  single  city.  It  is  with  feelings  of  profound 
satisfaction  that  he  contemplates  these  beautiful  and  valuable  results  of  the 
handicraft  of  a  New  Jersey  city ;  and  he  gets  a  conception  of  the  achievements 
of  human  industry  and  skill  which  fills  his  heart  with  astonishment  and  pride. 
He  realizes  the  meaning  of  the  stacks  of  tall  chimneys,  clouds  of  smoke  and 
ceaseless  thrill  of  the  thousand  cogs  and  wheels  of  the  humming  machinery  of 
Newark.  He  obtains  a  broader  and  more  definite  comprehension  of  the  capa- 
bilities of  his  race,  and  sees  with  amazement  the  endless  vistas  of  future 
possibilities  that  are  suggested. 

From  the  Newark  Evening  Courier. 

There  can  be  no  better  way  to  become  acquainted  with  the  progress  the 
country  is  making  in  science,  art  and  manufacture,  than  an  inspection  of  the 
best  products  of  every  class.  In  the  rapid  and  constant  strides  toward  per- 
fecting the  various  appliances  for  the  comfort  or  pleasure  of  the  world,  the 
ordinary  student  is  left  behind,  and  only  those  who  closely  study  the  publica- 
tions of  the  inventors  and  the  scientific  works  of  the  day  have  an  adequate 
idea  of  the  improvements  a  year  brings  forth.  A  few  hours  passed  among 
the  wonders  of  this  Exposition  will  give  the  spectator  a  better  idea  of  the 
progress  made  in  these  pursuits  than  even  the  closest  reading.  It  will  not 
only  abundantly  repay  the  visitor,  but  do  much  toward  developing  the  latent 
skill  now  lying  dormant  for  want  of  due  appreciation  and  encouragement. 

From  the  State  Gazette. 

The  chief  source  of  this  country's  prosperity  and  growth  is  our  industrial 
interest.  Since  the  discovery  and  application  of  steam  as  a  motive  power, 
and  the  invention  of  labor-saving  machinery  which  naturally  followed,  the 
wealth  of  this  country  has  increased  with  unparalleled  rapidity.  Everything, 
therefore,  which  fosters  the  development  of  these  interests  is  highly  commen- 
dable. *  No  one  familiar  with  the  great  variety  of  the  industrial 
inoduets  of  Newark  could  form  the  faintest  conception  of  the  scores  and  hun- 
dreds of  different  curious  and  beautiful  results  of  her  skilled  handicrafts.  * 
It  will  be  a  school  for  those  who  have  aspirations  for  manufacturing  pursuits 
which  should  not  be  neglected. 

From  the  Elizabeth  Herald.. 

The  Exhibition  is  one  of  the  very  best  ever  given  in  the  Tinted  States,  and 
is  strictly*  an  Exposition  of  Newark  Industries,  showing  conclusively  that,  as 
a  manufacturing  city,  Newark  may  be  called  the  Birmingham  of  America.  * 


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From  the  Newark  Local  Press. 

To  eny  that  it  has  been  a  successful  enterprise,  would  but  poorly  express 
the  meed  it  has  earned  and  the  benefits  it  has  dispensed.  *  *  It  is 
due  to  the  excellent  Board  of  Managers  that  the  Exhibition  has  subserved  the 
purpose  for  which  it  was  organized  so  thoroughly  and  satisfactorily.  The 
manufacturers  of  Newark  have  received  a  wider  recognition  and  appreciation, 
and  the  skill  of  the  laborer  has  been  held  up  to  the  admiration  and  respect  of 
all  classes  of  society.  Through  this  and  similar  exhibitions  elsewhere  the 
world  is  receiving  new  impressions  of  the  character,  dignity  and  genius  of 
labor  that  will  go  far,  finally,  to  elevate  and  ennoble  any  pursuit,  however 
humble  and  obscure.  Last  Thursday  evening  witnessed  a  peculiar  and  inter- 
esting scene  at  the  Exhibition,  being  a  visit  of  inspection  by  the  delegation  of 
Indians  in  charge  of  Gen.  JOHN*  E.  SMITH,  that  recently  arrived  East  on  a 
visit  to  the  "  Great  Fathers."  At  first,  the  visitors  were  stoical  and  indiffer- 
ent, but  in  the  hands  of  the  Managers  they  soon  melted  into  good  humor,  and 
appeared  interested  and  pleased.  The  "Thistle  Band,  of  Clark's  Thread 
Works,  discoursed  sweet  music  during  the  evening. 

The  names  of  these  sixteen  Indian  Chiefs  were  "  Plenty  Bear,"  "  Old 
Eagle,"  "  Crazy  Bull,"  "  Iron,"  "  Friday,"  "  Dull  Knife,"  "  Little  Wolf," 
"  Crazy  Head,"  li  Spotted  Wolf,"  "  Wild  Hog,"  "  Lamed  by  White  Man," 
"  Bold  Bear,"  "  Cut  Foot,"  "  Old  Crow,"  "  Pile  of  Bones,"  and  "  Half  Bear." 
The  first  five  of  the  above-named  represented  the  Arapahoes,  and  the  re- 
mainder the  Cheyennes.  Having  been  sumptuously  entertained  by  the  Board 
of  Managers,  they  were  received  in  a  few  neat  words  of  welcome  by  President 
HALSEY,  J.  C.  LUDLOW,  of  the  Directors,  and  the  Secretary,  and  responded 
to  by  "  Crazy  Bull,"  "  Bold  Bear,"  and  others,  in  which  they  expressed 
sentiments  of  joy,  and  said  :  "  We  have  been  better  treated  here  than  since 
our  advent  among  the  white  man."  That  they  might  carry  to  their  far-off 
homes  in  the  West  some  memento  of  their  visit  to  Newark  and  the  Exhibi- 
tion, an  ornament  of  neck-wear,  consisting  of  a  nickel-plated  chain  with  a 
medallion  head  and  plate  representing  the  sun,  with  the  name  of  the  Exhibi- 
tion on  one  side,  on  the  reverse  the  name  of  the  chief;  each  was  provided 
with  this  emblem,  which  they  treasured  "  above  rubies,"  and  was  worn  by 
them  in  their  councils  and  in  war.  After  the  lapse  of  years  the  following  ap- 
peared in  the  newspapers : 

"  Wild  Hog,  who,  with  his  wife  and  three  children,  are  now  prisoners  at 
Fort  Leavenworth,  is  one  of  the  Cheyenne  Chiefs  who  visited  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  in  this  city  in  1873.  He  is  remembered  by  his  stalwart  proportions 
and  good  features.  The  memory  of  that  visit  is  also  revived  by  a  meeting  of 
Mr.  CilARLES  F.  HOLBROOK,  a  son  of  the  Secretary,  with  the  chieftain  at 
his  camp  several  months  ago.  The  young  man  recognized  upon  the  neck  of 
the  savage  a  medal  and  chain — a  souvenir  of  the  Exhibition  that  his  father 
had  struck  off  purposely  for  the  visiting  chiefs.  When  voung  HOLBROOK 
made  himself  known  as  the  son  of  the  donor  of  the  medal,  Wild  Hog  embraced 
him  with  true  Indian  cordiality,  and  treated  him  with  the  greatest  honor.  * 
Wild  Hog,  when  he  reached  the  camp  of  his  captivity,  shook  hands  all 
around,  as  if  it  was  the  pleasantest  moment  in  his  life.  His  eldest  daughter, 
a  girl  of  sixteen,  is  of  exceptionally  beautiful  type.  She  was  taken  from  the 
entrenchment  after  the  last  fight,  having  a  severe  flesh  wound  in  the  arm, 
rendering  her  sick.  This  brave  attracted  much  attention,  and 

a  New  York  Herald  correspondent  says  :  Most  prominent  among  his  decora- 
tions was  a  large  metal  star  attached  to  a  nickel  chain,  bearing  Wild  Hog's 
name  on  one  side,  and  on  the  other  '  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition,  1873, 
Newark,  N.  J.'  This  was  presented  to  Wild  Hog  on  his  visit  East." 


From  the  Sunday  Call. 

Newark  manufacturers  should  be  strong  advocates  for  the  protection  of 
home  manufacturers,  and  feel  pledged  to  the  support  of  every  enterprise 
tending  to  this  result.  It  is  folly,  in  this  progressive  age,  to  say  that  we  can 
"get  along"  in  the  same  manner  we  did  twenty,  or  even  ten,  years  since. 
Business  is  progressive,  else  it  would  not  be  business,  and  business  men  must 


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adapt  themselves  to  and  keep  up  with  the  age.  Advertising  in  some  way 
must  be  resorted  to,  elf  trade  will  seek  other  channels.  It  is  folly  to  say 
that  certain  branches  of  trade  must  come  to  Newark,  when  we  all  know  that 
other  places  are  manufacturing  the  same  goods  and  are  making  efforts  to  secure 
custom.  We  must  show  our  wares  and  maintain  our  rank  among  the  manu- 
facturing cities.  *  * 

From  the  New  York  Press. 

Thrift  and  steady  habits  have  brought  wealth,  and  wealth  has 
brought  culture,  in  succeeding  generations,  so  that  refinement  and  intelli- 
gence of  a  high  order  are  not  wanting  to  Newark  society.  Newark  has  won, 
through  the  able  men  she  has  trained  in  business  and  at'the  bar,  her  prizes  in 
this  field  also,  as  in  the  cases  of  Judge  BRADLEY,  of  the  Superior  Court,  and 
Senator  FRELIXGHUYSEN. 

But  the  industry  of  Newark  is  her  true  boast.  The  city  prides  itself  on 
being  a  workshop.  Its  monuments  are  its  chimneys  ;  its  palaces  its  hives  of 
workers.  Two  yer.rs  ago  Newark  proposed  to  prove  to  the  world  her  claim 
to  the  title  of  the  "  Birmingham  of  America."  The  Industrial  Exhibition  was 
the  result,  and  it  was  the  willing  verdict  that  no  single  city  in  the  country 
could  produce  a  show  of  its  own  manufactures  exclusively  of  greater  extent 
and  more  multifarious  variety.  Even  those  who  had  lived  in  Newark  all 
their  lives  were  surprised  to  learn  at  this  Exposition  that  there  are  more  than 
'200  different  manufactures  carried  on  there  ;  that  the  establishments  in  which 
they  are  conducted  number  about  1,000  ;  that  they  employ  over  30,000  hands, 
to  whom  are  paid  annually  wages  to  the  amount  of  about  $15,000,000,  and 
that  capital  to  the  amount  of  fi. to, 000, 000  is  invested  in  these  manufactories, 
whose  products  amount  to  $90,000,000  a  year. 

From  the  New  York  Evening  Post. 

The  third  annual  exhibition  of  the  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition  was  for- 
mally opened  on  Tuesday  evening,  and  attracted  a  large  company  of  visitors. 

*  This  association  is  a  local  institution  solely,  and  was  organized  for  the 
exhibition  and  encouragement  of  Newark  manufacturers.  *  Newark 

is  probably  one  of  the  most  enterprising  manufacturing  cities  in  this  country, 
and  the  variety  of  its  products  is  also  very  great.  In  the  Exhibition  last  year 
the  display  wa*  as  varied  as  that  of  the  American  Institute  in  this  city,  and 
the  judgment  of  the  Managers  in  restricting  the  admission  of  goods  to  thoseof 
Newark  manufacture  was  fully  justified  by  (he  result. 

The  machinery  depaitment  is  run  by  an  engine  and  boiler  of  Messrs. 
Hughes  &  Phillips'  manufacture  (who  were  from  the  first  eauiest  workers  in 
the  Exhibition).  Several  Baxter  engines  are  in  place,  and  any  number  of 
lathes,  planes  and  other  useful  machines.  *  Carriage  building  is 

an  important  branch  of  industry  in  Newark.  Hearse  building  is  a  Newark 
specialty,  and  there  is  some  good  work  of  this  kind.  *  *  In  metal 
articles,  such  as  mechanics'  tools,  coach  hardware,  horse  and  harness  trim- 
mings, etc..  th  display  is  very  fine.  Sauerbier  &  Son,  a  large  display  of 
tools,  dies  and  other  objects.  Thomas  Slaight,  a  case  of  padlocks,  door  locks 
and  other  fastenings.  Messrs.  TZomer,  a  case  of  similar  goods,  together  with 
some  excellent  samples  of  bronze  door  knobs.  There  are  also  cases  of  gray 
iron  castings  and  other  trimmings,  by  D.  M.  Meeker;  carpenters'  tools  of  all 
kinds  from  John  Chailton  :  buckles  of  iron,  and  silver  and  nickel-plated,  in 
infinhv  vaiie«y,  by  Messrs.  Sturges,  Sun  &  Co.  ;  a  great  case  of  carpenters' 
and  other  1o»ls.  by  William  Johnson  ;  a  large  assortment  of  files,  by  J.  Y. 
Johnson;  gi  eat  variety  of  coach  and  carriage  lamps  and  ornamental  trim- 
mings fur  all  sorts  «>f  vehicles,  by  C.  N.  Lockwood  &  Co.  ;  a  case  of  fine 
boots  and  shoes,  by  Messr*.  L.  Boyden  &  Co..  also  Bannister  &  Tichenor,  and 
a  fine  show  "f  trunks,  hagp.  leather,  harness,  plated  wares,  gold,  jewelry,  and 
other  manufactures  for  which  Newark  is  celebrated. 

From  the  Newark  Local  Press. 

The  impmtarc?  of  this  Exhibition  of  Industries  to  Newark  cannot  be  over- 
estimated. The  fact  of  its  being  exclusively  of  Newark  products  has  made 


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known  the  name  of  Newark  as  a  great  manufacturing  centre  throughout  the 
world,  and  has  drawn  hither  visitois  fiom  every  clime.  The  display  is  re- 
markable. As  our  space  is  limited,  we  can  mention  only  a  few  of  the  leading 
exhibits. 

MACHINERY.— Hewes  &  Phillips,  Currier,  Gould  &  Co..  Hawkins.  Ohl  & 
Co.,  Chase,  Skinner.  Leary  &  Lindsley.  Watts.  Campbell  &  Co..  W  light, 
Dodd,  M.  B.  Lidy.  Boleri  &  Crane,  ftowden.  Atlas  Manufacturing  Co, 
Wrigley,  The  Baxter  Engine  <  'o.  STEAM  BOILERS. — Hewis  A  Phillips, 
Burnett,  Lyons.  FIRE  APPARATUS.— Hewes  &  Phillips,  Gould  &  Co.,  De^i- 
nisson.  HARDWARE  AND  CASTINGS. — D.  M.  Meeker.  Barnttt,  Ward  &  Co., 
Donaldson.  Adam  Hay.  TOOLS  AND  HARDWARE. — Win.  Johnson,  Charl- 
ton,  Foerster,  Washoe  Mannfactuiing  Co..  White,  Mockiidere.  SADDLERS' 
TOOLS,  &c. — Sauerbier  &  S«>n,  Osborne.  R.  R.  LOCKS.— Slaight,  Roemer. 
SADDLERY  HARDWARE.  Starves,  Son  &  Co.,  J.  Baldwin  &  Co.,  Wiener 
&  Co.,  Theberath  &  Co.,  Reynolds  &  Zahn.  Buermann,  Wheeler  &  Crane, 
Sargeant  Manufacturing  Co..  Van  Ntss,  Hayden,  Wuesthoff,  Wright  & 
Kuehnhold,  S.  E.  Tompkins  &  Co.  CARRIAGE  HARDWARE.— Otto,  Thiel- 
mann,  Purcell,  Blancliard  &  Boylan,  Stivers,  Lockwood  &  Co.,  Crane  &  Co. 
COACH  LAMPS. — C.  N.  Lockwo.  d  &,  Co.  CARRIAGES. — Leverich  &  En- 
ders,  Colyer  &  Co.,  Marsh.  Sanders,  Quinby&  Co.,  Smith.  Golder  &  Post. 
WAGONS.— Finter  &  Buehler.  Dobbins,  Brandenburgb.  COACH  LOCKS.— 
Stivers.  Bosch.  SPRINGS. — Delany.  Tomlinson  &  Co.  HUBS,  WHEELS 
AND  CARRIAGE  WOODWORK. — P.  Jones  &  Co.,  Wm.  James.  Steveley, 
Crane.  Whittemore,  Vroom.  FOOT  LATHES.— Chase,  Greenfield.  Dors. 
HAT  MACHINERY. — Yule,  Surerus.  BRASS  AND  STEEL  GOODS. — Roberts  & 
Havell.  Riley  &  Lynch.  LEATHER.— S.  Halsey  &  Son,  C.  H.  &  J.  D.  Har- 
lison,  Blanchard,  Bro.  &  Lane.  T.  P.  Howe]]  &  Co.  Palmer  &  Smith, 
Nugent,  Stengle,  R.  Ward  &  Co  MOROCCO.— John  Young  &  Son,  Nugent. 
HARNESS. — Peters  &.  Co.,  Demarest  &  Co.,  Dufford,  Benedict.  Marshall, 
Roubaud,  Aschenbach,  E.  F.  Beck.  HARNESS  BUCKIES.— Blume.  BOOTS 
AND  SHOES.— L.  Boyden  &  Co..  Bannister  &  Tichenor,  L.  Graf.  G.  W. 
Bannister,  W.  J.  Dudley,  Garrabrant,  Miller,  Ellison.  Felch.  FANCY  WOOL 
MATS  AND  MUFFS.— T.  P.  Howcll  &  Co.  TRUNKS,  BAGS,  ETC.— T.  B. 
Peddie,  E.  Simon  &  Bros.,  E.  Farmer  &  Co.,  J.  Lagowitz&  Co.,  McCormick, 
Poinier,  Thatcher.  FURNITURE. — Jelliff  &  Co.,  Douglas.  McDermit  & 
Looker,  Ruckelshaus,  Smith  &  Hedges,  Stolz,  Conger.  FURNITURE  HARD- 
WARE — Toler  &  Co.  CLOTHING.— Stontenburgh  &  Co.,  Marshall  &  Co. 
BED  SPREADS. — Morris  &  Doty.  SHIRTS. — Johnston  &  Sutphen,  Jolley 
&  Co.,  Kirkpatrick,  Dusal,  Price,  Kimball,  Marley.  HATS.— Yates,  Whar- 
ton  &,  Co.,  P.- W.  Vail  &  Co.  BRUSHES.— Conery,  Dixon.  FURS,  HATS, 
ETC.— Corey  &  Stewart,  Ehlers.  FURS  AND  HAIRWORK.— W.  H.  &  R. 
Burnett.  JEWELERS'  LATHES. — Hart,  Rowden.  STEP  LADDERS. — Doug- 
las, Martin,  Griffith.  PHOTOGRAPHS. -Kirk,  Spahn,  Huff.  PAINTS.— 
Tuen  &  Cooper.  CHEMICALS. — C.  Cooper  &  Co.,  Passaic  Chemical  Co., 
Smith,  Heller  &  Merz,  D.  B.  Coles.  STAIR  RODS  AND  BRASS  GOODS.— 
Mersereau,  Gould.  WIRE  AND  WIRE  GOODS.— Roberts,  Stanier.  FLUTING 
MACHINES. — Loweiee,  Sauerbier,  Sommer.  SAD  IRONS. — Bless  &  Drake. 
SEWING  MACHINES.— Domestic  Co.  SPOOL  COTTON.— Clark  Thread  Co. 
SEWING  MACHINE  MOTORS.— Seymour  &  Whitlock,  Wright.  BUILDERS' 
WOODWORK. — Meeker  &  iledden.  Wm.  King.  Whitman.  TRUNK  TRIM- 
MINGS.—Adams.  TRAVELING  BAG  FRAMES.— Neumann  &  Co.  PLUMB- 
ERS' BRASS  WORK. — Hedges  Bros.,  Edwards.  WOOD  FAUCETS  — Sommer. 
FILES  AND  RASPS. — Ray,  Johnson,  McKechnie,  Heller.  ULTRAMARINE 
BLUE.—  Heller  &  Merz.  AGRICULTURAL  CHEMICALS.— Lister  Bros.  ORES 
AND  MINERALS,  GOLD  AND  SILVER. — Ed.  Balbach  &  Son.  ORES  AND 
PAINTS. — N.  J.  Zinc  Co.  SWEEP  SMELTERS  AND  REFINERS. — Lelong 
Bros.,  Dennis.  BURGLAR  ALARMS.— Biittian.  Lipps,  Dowden.  ELECTRIC 
MACHINES. — Edison  &  Murray,  Drake.  W'ATER  MOTORS. — Backus.  RUB- 
BER CLOTHING. — Joy  &  Co.  RUBBER  GOODS. — C.  Roberts.  LEATHER 
BELTING.— C.  Walker.  SAFES.— Horschel.  HARD  RUBBER  HARNESS 
TRIMMINGS. — A.  Albright.  CELLULOID.— Celluloid  Co.  HARNESS  ORNA- 
MENTS.—Butler  &  Wards.  TENTS  AND  AWNINGS.— Brockie  &  Co.  MAT- 
TRASSES. — Spaeth,  Miller,  Taylor.  SKATES  — Spaeth.  Kinsey.  BROOMS. — 
I.  D.  Weed.  ORNAMENTAL  AND  CUT  GLASS. — Belcher,  Battin  &  Downing. 


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Denman.  CUTLERY. — Heinisch,  Wiss,  Furness  &  Co.  BRITTANIA  WARE. 
— M.  Doll.  HAIR  CLOTH.— Shirriff.  SILVERPLATED  AND  STERLING  SILVER. 
— B.  J.  Mayo,  J.  B.  Mayo.  TABLE  OIL  CLOTHS.— Atha  &  Hughes, 
Haines,  Hyde  Mt'g.  Co.  SCALES.— Meyer.  TELEGRAPH  BRACKETS,  PINS, 
ETC. — D.  Ripley  &  Son.  SOAP. — Ledwith.  MARBLE  WORK. — J.  J.  Spurr, 
Passmore  &  Meeker,  Stevens,  Church  &  Williams.  LAPIDARY  WORK.— 
Regad.  PIANOS.— Hinds,  Beck.  SCROLL  SAWING.— Dalrymple,  Meeker 
&  Hedden,  Dorn.  WOOD  TURNING. — Helms! aedter,  Dunklefesen,  Meeker 
&  Hedden.  IVORY  TURNING.— J.  B.  Oelkers,  Sippel.  COPPER  WORK.— 
Perpente,  Assniann.  POTTERY. — Haidle,  Osborne,  Ogden.  CARRIAGE 
Bows,  ETC.— Kilburn.  JAPANNING.— Turne--,  Armitage.  HAMES.— Jaco- 
bus. Crane.  REFRIGERATORS. — Drummond.  TEA  TRAYS  AND  STOVE  PLAT- 
FORMS.— Walter  M.  Conger.  PLOWS. — Myer.  SAWS. — Richardson.  IN- 
GOTS AND  ROLLED  STEEL.— B.  Atha  &  Co.  ROLLED  COPPER.— Hendricks 
Bro.  VARNISHES. — Robertson,  Fitzgerald,  Osborne,  Hewson.  LIGHTNING 
RODS. — Demorest.  GRINDING  MILLS. — Searfoss.  IRON  WORK. — Edwards 
&  Smith.  METALLIC  BINDING.— Underwood.  BRUSH  BLOCKS.— Speer. 
BOOT  AND  SHOE  UPPERS.— Meeker,  Flock.  BOOT  SEWING  MACHINE.— 
Dudley.  PUMPS. — Miller.  PUMP  VALVES. — Evans.  BEDSTEADS. — 
Turner,  Walker,  Reeves,  Miller.  BRASS  BEDSTEADS. — Benwell,  Mertereau. 
BUTTONS.— Warner  &  Radcliffe,  Vincent.  SHELLS.— Denton.  INVALID 
CRUTCHES.— Darrach.  RULES.— Belcher  &  Co.  GOLD  PENS.— J.  G.  Ir- 
win.  PAINTINGS. — Hagny,  Spencer,  Moran,  Enzingmuller,  Bolles,  Lang, 
Coe  Drake,  Gehardt.  PAPER  BOXES.— Hotchkiss,  Wm.  King,  Osborne. 
PLASTER  AND  CEMENT.— J.  R.  Sayre,  Jr.  &  Co.,  Lime  &  Cement  Co. 

From  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser. 

A  SIGNIFICANT  LETTER. 

A.  M.  HOLBROOK,  Secretary  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition  : 

DEAR  SIR  :  Always  on  the  go,  I  have  but  now  fulfilled  the  promise  made 
myself  to  remember  your  Exhibition  and  kind  attentions  in  a  few  lines.  In 
my  travels  I  have  been  greatly  impressed  with  the  importance  of  the  Indus- 
trial Exhibition  to  your  beautiful  and  manufacturing  city,  Newark.  Probably 
no  one  has  a  better  opportunity  to  learn  the  sentiment  of  the  people  than  he 
who  travels  on  business,  as,  necessarily,  he  must  commingle  with  all  classes. 
Newark  has  always  borne  a  fair  reputation  as  a  manufacturing  city  among 
dealers  in  its  varied  products,  but  in  proportion  to  their  number  they  are 
indeed  limited  ;  in  fact,  to  thousands  I  have  met,  Newark  was  unknown,  and 
very  many  who  were  accustomed  to  pass  through  its  borders  en  route  to  the 
great  Metropolis,  knew  it  only  as  a  "  way  station." 

Prior  to  the  Exhibition,  how  many  had  asked  the  question  when  presenting 
goods,  Where  are  they  made  'I  In  Newark  !  Where  is  Newark  f  which  was 
answered  by  a  long  explanation  and  description  of  the  place.  But  since  the 
Exhibition,  when  told  the  goods  were  made  in  Newark,  the  unanimous  ex- 
clamation is,  "  Oh  !  yes,  I  remember  ;  Newark  is  near  New  York,  where  they 
held  such  a  grand  Exposition  of  mechanical  arts.  It  must  be  a  place  of  im- 
portance to  be  able  to  have  so  successful  an  Exposition  exclusively  of  its  own 
manufactures."  You  will  thus  observe  the  Exhibition  has,  as  it  were,  intro- 
duced Newark  throughout  the  country,  and,  I  might  say,  even  the  world,  as 
the  same  exclamation  was  made  on  my  visit  to  Europe.  It  must  be  gratifying 
to  your  citizens  that  their  city  thus  holds  so  high  a  position  among  its  sister 
cities.  It  is  very  true,  cities,  like  individuals,  are  rated  in  proportion  to  their 
ability  for  producing,  and  surely  your  manufactories  have  done  well  for  them- 
selves in  thus  bringing  together  for  exhibition  their  products,  and  in  variety 
that  no  other  city  in  the  Union  has  as  yet  done,  and  I  doubt  their  ability  so  to 
do.  By  the  by,  I  notice  by  the  papers  the  city  of  Portland,  Me.,  is  about  to 
emulate  your  example  and  inaugurate  a  similar  exhibition  to  that  of  Newark. 
I  will  try  and  visit  it  and  ''  com  pare  notes." 

1  am  inclined  to  believe,  from  the  size  of  Newark,  your  manufacturers  could 
make  a  much  more  extended  and  varied  display  if  they  only  realized  its  im- 
portance as  a  means  to  individualize,  so  to  speak,  and  elevate  their  city.  I 
remember  with  pleasure  my  visit  to  your  Exhibition,  and  the  kind  attention 


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extended  to  me  by  your  President,  Mr,  HALSKY,  and  others  of  the  manage- 
ment, and  trust  to  be  enabled  to  repeat  it  this  Fall. 

Trul  v  yours, 
CHICAGO,  March  22d,  1874.  T.  WILLIS. 

From  the  Local  Press. 

THE    FLOWER   EXHIBIT. 

About  three  thousand  persons  admired  the  Floral  display  last  evening.  The 
management  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  acted  exceedingly  wise  in  inaugu- 
rating an  exhibition  of  this  kind,  which  was  so  fully  in  keeping  with  the 
spirit  of  the  Institute.  A  mass  of  humanity  surged  around  the  various  plants 
and  flowers,  the  display  ot  which  was  exquisitely  beautiful.  Exclamations 
were  the  order  of  the  occasion,  and  admiration  was  distributed  in  a  lavish 
manner.  Notable  among  them  was  a  very  large  and  fine  display  of  dahlias 
of  every  kind  and  color,  rare  and  beautiful  roses,  bouquet  and  basket  cut 
flowers,  elegant  ferned  designs,  pot  flowers  and  plnnts  of  the  choicest  kind, 
violets — the  perfume  of  these  dainty  flowers  is  amomg  the  very  sweetest — 
and  flowering  begonias.  The  Night  Blooming  Cereus  was  also  present  and 
blooming. 

From  the  Newark  Evening  Courier. 

The  New  York  Evening  Post  devotes  a  column  to  a  description  of  our  In- 
dustrial Exhibition.  It  says,  among  other  things  :  "  As  Newark  is  essen- 
tially a  manufacturing  city,  it  is  not  surprising  that  its  artisans  are  capable  of 
making  a  demonstrative  exhibition,  and  yet  to  the  stranger  it  is  a  matter  of 
surprise  that  any  town  in  the  near  neighborhood  of  New  York  has  within  its 
limits  creative  resources  such  as  are  exemplified  at  this  Exhibition." 

From  the  New  York  Tribune. 

The  Industrial  Exhibition  is  now  in  its  fourth  year.  At  the  opening  last 
year  it  was  suggested  that  the  doors  of  the  Exhibition  should  be  thrown  open 
to  the  entire  State,  but  the  idea  was  not  then  carried  out.  The  wisdom  of 
inviting  the  manufacturers  of  the  entire  State  to  participate  in  the  Exhibition 
of  this  year  was  fully  sustained,  it  was  thought,  last  night.  The  interest 
manifested  by  those  outside  of  Newark  was  brought  about  mainly  by  the 
energy  of  President  MEEKER  and  the  Board  of  Directors,  who  personally 
visited  the  larger  manufacturing  districts  and  placed  the  objects  of  the  Exhi- 
bition directly  before  the  manufacturers.  *  President  MEEKER, 
who  is  seriously  ill,  and  contracted  his  sickness  in  the  service  of  the  Exhibi- 
tion, was  absent  last  evening.  The  Hon.  PHINEAS  JONES  will  perform  the 
duties  of  President  during  Mr.  MEEKER'S  illness.  The  following  are  the 
officers  of  the  Exhibition  :  DAVID  M.  MEEKER,  President ;  PHIXEAS  JONES 
and  CHARLES  N.  LOCKWOOD,  Vice  Presidents  ;  ALBERT  M.  HOLBROOK, 
Secretary  ;  ISAAC  GASTON,  Treasurer,  and  twenty-seven  Directors.  * 
At  8:30  P.  M.  Governor  BEDLE,  escorted  by  Vice  President  JONES,  Chan- 
cellor RUNYON,  United  States  District  Attorney  KEASBEY,  Judge  DEPUE, 
the  Hon.  JOHN  HILL,  the  Rev.  Dr.  SIMS,  Mayor  CREVELING,  of  Trenton, 
THOMAS  C.  HENRY,Directors  J.  M.  PHILLIPS,  J.  D.  HARRISON,  ELI  H. 
REYNOLDS  and  J.  C.  LUDLOW,  a  number  of  city  aldermen  and  State  legis- 
lators, and  leading  business  men  of  Newark,  entered  the  hall  and  were  re- 
ceived with  loud  applause. 

The  exercises  were  formally  opened  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  CHARLES  N.  SIMS, 
pastor  of  St.  Paul's  M.  E.  Church,  with  prayer.  Vice  President  JONES  then 
introduced  Governor  BEDLE.  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  following  remarks  : 

''•  LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN'  :  Owing  to  the  illness  of  Our  worthy  President, 
the  duty  falls  upon  me  to  call  your  attention  to  the  opening  of  the  fourth 
annual  Exhibition  of  the  Newark  Industrial  Institute,  and  the  first  of  the 
State  at  large.  We  have  taken  a  new  departure  and  opened  the  Exhibition  to 
the  entire  commonwealth.  *  *  As  the  Exhibition  has  been  thrown 
open  to  the  State,  it  was  fitting  that  we  should  invite  the  Chief  Magistrate  oi 


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the  State  to  deliver  the  opening  address,  whom  I  now  have  the  pleasure  to 
introduce  to  you." 

The  Governor  was  greeted  with  prolonged  applause  as  he  arose  and  spoke 
substantially  as  follows : 

"  LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN  :  It  was  a  great  undertaking  for  those  gentle- 
men who.  in  the  year  1872.  began  this  Exhibition.  To  confine  it,  so  far  as 
the  exhibitors  were  concerned,  to  the  city  of  Newark  alone,  with  a  population 
at  that  time  of  only  about  120.000,  and  to  invite  people  from  everywhere  to 
witness  it,  either  showed  undue  vanity  or  a  consciousness  of  ability  to  make 
the  Exhibition  a  complete  success  and  a  credit  to  the  city.  It  was  not  vanity 
that  projected  this  enterprise.  It  resuhed  from  a  deep-seated  conviction  that 
here  was  a  city  with  a  population  alive  and  active  with  industry  and  intelli- 
gence, that  capital  was  busy  here,  producing  in  multitudinous  ways  and  forms 
the  fruits  of  mechanical  labor  and  skill ;  that  Newark  had  in  reality  become  a 
great  manufacturing  centre,  and  from  it  the  country  at  large  was  being 
materially  supplied ;  that  for  variety  and  quality  of  workmanship  and 
skill,  and  business  thrift  and  stability  in  the  management  of  its  industries, 
no  city  in  the  United  States  with  an  equal  population  could  excel  it.  The 
experiment,  if  it  may  be  so  called,  was  tried,  and  for  three  years  it  has 
been  a  wonueiful  success.  The  expectations  of  those  who  originated  it 
have  been  more  than  realized.  Newark  is  now  known  as  one  of  the  first 
manufacturing  cities  of  the  world,  and  in  none,  I  believe,  is  there  a  more 
substantial  growth.  This  year  it  is  not  restricted  to  Newark,  but  manufac- 
turers throughout  the  State  are  invited  to  participate  in  its  benefits. 

"  This  is  an  Exhibition  literally.  No  premiums  for  competition  are  offered. 
None  need  refrain  fro  n  sending  their  wares  and  handiwork  for  fear  of  any 
unfair  prejudice  or  design  on  the  part  of  committees  of  award.  Whoever 
exhibits  here  has  the  public  for  his  judge  and  critic.  The  public  is  not  slow 
to  appreciate  and  reward  genuine  worth,  whether  in  material  things  or  in 
character.  In  mechanical  arts  the  world  is  advancing  with  rapid  strides. 
The  lawyer,  or  theologian,  or  physician,  or  philosopher  must  have  the  advan- 
tage of  others'  researches,  and  so  must  the  mechanic  of  another's  judgment 
and  skill.  No  people  catch  and  appropriate  the  force  of  an  idea  quicker  than 
the  American.  An  Exhibition  like  this  is  a  grand  advertisement." 

From  the  Newark  Journal.      » 

Through  its  Exhibition  of  Mechanics.  Arts  and  Science,  it  has 
placed  the  name  of  Newark  high  on  the  roll  of  manufacturing  cities.  The 
manufacturing  interest  is  the  foundation,  the  strength  of  Newark,  and  every 
business  man  should  feel  its  importance  and  extend  all  aid  in  his  power  to 
strengthen  the  arm  of  the  Directors,  who  have,  during  tsvo  or  three  years 
past,  devoted  their  time  and  means  to  this  patriotic  and  philanthropic  work. 
As  an  Exposition  of  Industries  it  has  accomplished  much,  not  only  as  an 
Exhibition  of  manufactures  in  their  perfection,  but  as  an  educator  of  the 
people.  It  is  to  such  expositions  that  the  many  important  inventions  of  the 
day  owe  their  origin.  As  citizens  we  feel  a  growing  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
the  Exhibition  which  has  in  it  the  germ  of  moral  and  intellectual  advance- 
ment. With  the  extended  benefits  of  the  Exhibition  to  the  State,  a  more 
extended  interest  may  be  made  manifest,  ami  the  Exhibition  placed  in  a  posi- 
tion to  carry  out  the  provision  of  its  charter  "  to  establish  in  said  city  of 
Newark  a  series  of  lectures  and  experiments  on  chemistry,  physics  and  natural 
history,  and  their  application  to  manufactures  and  the  arts." 

From  the  New  York  Daily  Graphic. 

The  Institution  furnishes  an  opportunity  to  learn  what  they  are  making  in 
the  wilderness  of  factories  in  Newark,  and  in  many  instances  illustrates  the 
method  of  manufacture.  They  say  Newark  has  contributed  more  useful  in- 
ventions to  industrial  progress  than  any  other  city  in  America.  The  display 
of  carriages  and  of  carriage  and  harness  ornaments  is  exceptionally  fine. 
Nearly  every  description  of  vehicle,  from  a  fann  wagon  to  a  clarence  coach 
and  landaulet,  give  in  their  testimony  to  Newark  industry.  Patent,  ena- 


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meled.  harness,  trunk  and  shoe  leather  are  on  exhibition ;  also  morocco. 
While  the'specimens  are  excellent,  they  give  one  but  very  little  idea  of  the 
acres  of  Newark  soil  which  are  covered  with  vast  tanning  and  leather-making 
establishments.  The  building?  occupied  by  a  single  farm  spread  over  seven 
acres.  Newark  virtually  supplies  the  whole  United  States  with  patent  and 
enameled  leather,  and  it  is  exported  largely  to  the  West  Indies,  South 
America  and  Europe- 

From  leather  it  is  but  a  step  to  boots  and  shoes,  one  of  prominence  and  one 
through  which  Newark  has  attained  much  of  her  present  celebrity.  And  the 
same  may  be  said  of  trunks,  bags,  &c.  Newark  has  the  largest  trunk  and 
bag  factories  in  the  world. 

Furniture,  pianos  and  church  organs  and  steam  engines  are  lights  which 
are  by  no  means  hid  under  a  bushel.  The  silversmiths  and  jewelers  exhibit 
some  elegant  and  purely  original  work.  The  popular  notion  that  new  and 
unique  styles  originate  in  foreign  countries  would  be  quickly  dispelled  by  one 
tour  of  exploration.  The  importation  of  precious  stones  and  the  perfection  of 
diamond  setting  such  as  Newark  can  congratulate  herself  upon  is  rarely  ex- 
celled in  this  or  any  other  country.  Stoves,  tea-trays,  stair-rods,  locks  and 
sharp-edged  tools  possess  interest,  since  they  are  all  indispensable  to  human 
comfort.  The  Celluloid  and  the  Hard  Rubber  Harness  Trimming  companies 
have  not  forgotten  themselves  on  this  occasion. 

From  the  New  York  Presj. 

Through  great  pressure  the  directors  of  the  Newark  Exhibition 
Association  have  been  induced  to  open  their  Exposition  of  Industries  (which 
hitherto  has  been  confined  to  those  exclusively  of  Newark)  to  the  State  at 
large.  The  eminent  success  that  has  attended  the  several  exhibitions  fully 
demonstrate  its  ability  in  that  line,  and  it  can  afford  to  be  liberal.  They  can 
well  afford  to  open  its  doors  to  the  State  and  say  to  the  world  that,  while  the 
Exhibition  was  intended  to  show  up  our  Newark  products,  we  are  willing 
to  extend  its  benefits  to  our  sister  cities.  New  Jersey  contains  many  large 
and  important  manufacturing  interests,  and,  as  members  of  one  largefamilv 
in  benefiting  one  we  benefit  all.  This  generous  departure  has  brought  forth 
many  exceedingly  fine  exhibits  from  various  parts  ot  the  State.  We  can 
make  mention  only  of  a  few  of  the  largest  displays.  Carpets  in  great  variety 
and  delicacy  of  finish  by  Arnold,  Constable  «fe  Co.,  New  Brunswick  Carpet 
Mills  ;  also  Beattie,  Roberts  &  Co.,  Little  Falls  ;  India  rubber,  Fred.  A.  Can- 
field,  Dover  ;  pottery — plain  and  decorative,  an  extensive  variety — Isaac 
Davis.  Tienton  ;  Lake  Side  satin  finish  doeskins  and  doeskin  cashmerettes, 
Uhl  &  Bull,  Bridgeton  ;  rubber  hose,  belting,  etc.,  in  profusion,  Hamilton 
Rubber  Works,  Trenton  ;  organs,  in  great  variety  of  styles,  Peloubet  & 
Pelton.  Bloomfield ;  chains  and  nails.  Wliittaker  &  Skirm.  Trenton  ;  nails  in 
process  of  manufacturing,  Dover  Iron  Mills;  cloths,  cassimeres,  etc.,  in  great 
variety,  Wm.  Duncan  &  Sons,  Franklin  ;  table  oil  cloths,  Hyde  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  Harrison ;  fancy  soaps  and  perfumery,  Colgate  &  Co.,  Jersey  City. 

From  the  Newark  Press. 

If  we  were  asked  the  question,  "  What  has  made  New  England  great,  and 
given  her  an  enviable  reputation  throughout  the  civilized  world  '!"  we  should 
answer,  '•  The  energy  of  her  people  and  a  just  estimate  of  their  own  merit." 
No  man  ever  blushed  to  say,  "  I  am  a  New  Englander."  It  is  true  to  a  great 
extent  that  se'f-respect  commands  respect  from  others,  provided  there  is  that 
in  a  man  which  entitles  him  to  consideration  and  esteem.  It  is  the  local  pride 
oi  New  England  that  has  done  much  to  establish  her  character  at  home  and 
abroad. 

This  spirit  of  local  pride  should  be  fostered.  The  existence  of  it  unites  a 
community  for  the  good  of  all.  It  creates  and  establishes  and  elevates  public 
opinion.  *By  the  estimate  given  of  a  place  by  its  own  people  will  strangers 
judge,  to  a  large  extent,  of  what  it  really  is.  This  is  that  which  leads  every 
man  of  spirit  to  take  an  interest  and  feel  a  pride  in  every  thing  that  concerns 
the  welfare  of  his  city  and  State. 


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It  is  something  which  should  gratify  any  man  to  see  the  pride  and  interest 
taken  by  people  generally  in  our  Industrial  Exhibition.  To  a  perfeon  whose 
range  of  thought  is  more  extended  than  his  eyes,  ears  and  mouth,  our  Expo- 
sition of  Newark  industry  and  skill  is  a  small  matter  in  itself.  But  when  is 
added  to  its  really  intrinsic  interest  the  consideration  that  it  lifts  our  city  into 
eminence  before  the  whole  country,  and  even  attracts  the  comment  and  atten- 
tion of  other  nations,  there  is  something  grand  in  the  Newark  Industrial 
Exhibition. 

In  furtherance  of  this  idea,  the  visit  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
was  something  which  has  an  interest  and  importance  above  and  beyond  the 
mere  honor  attaching  to  the  highest  office  in  the  world,  or  the  gratification  of 
the  crowd  of  curious  people  who  came  to  see  the  President  of  the  United 
States.  *  *  It  is  not  General  GRANT,  not  the  successful  candidate 
of  the  Republican  party,  but  the  President  of  a  great  Republic,  who  sets 
Newark  in  motion  towards  the  Exhibition,  and  puts  her  name,  her  industries 
and  her  eminence  in  the  mouths  of  millions,  through  the  pen,  the  telegraph 
and  the  press.  Let  us  strive  for  larger  views  and  more  generous  appreciation 
of  the  importance  and  value  of  Newark's  Exhibition  of  her  industries  to  the 
city  and  all  her  interests,  as  well  as  to  the  State  at  large. 

From  the  Newark  Local  Press. 

Every  citizen  of  Newark  remembers  with  pleasure  the  Exhibition  ;  and 
there  are  few,  probably,  who  cannot  recall,  like  a  pleasant  dream,  the  almost 
fairy-like  spectacle  of  the  great  fountain,  the  cases  of  blazing  diamonds,  the 
pyramid  of  shells,  the  canopies,  the  carriages,  the  whirling  and  whirring  ma- 
chinery, the  beautiful  display  of  industries,  the  paintings  and  the  statuary, 
the  music  rising  and  swelling,  or  growing  fainter  as  the  listener,  following 
the  gay  throng,  drew  near  or  passed  from  its  vicinity.  The  gala  nights, 
when  distinguished  visitors  were  present,  come  back  again,  and  we  re-enter- 
tain, with  Newark's  highest  honors,  the  President  of  the  United  States  and 
his  venerable  competitor,  whose  pale  face  —  silver-fringed  —  we  shall  never  see 
again. 

Those  were  glorious  days  and  nights  for  Newark,  and  reflected  more  credit 
upon  the  originators  and  managers  of  the  grand  enterprise  than  could  ever  be 
expressed.  They  added  more  to  the  renown  of  our  fair  city  than  any  and  all 
revious  efforts  combined.  All  honor,  say  we,  to  the  men  who 

ve  pushed  forward  this  great  enterprise.  Their  self-sacrificing  zeal  and 
herculean  labors  merit  and  will  receive  the  lasting  remembrance  of  the  whole 
community.  They  should  and  will  stand  in  the  history  of  Newark  as  the 
greatest  of  her  public  benefactors. 


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